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Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
Use the Fish Export Service to create a UK catch certificate for fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels for export.
Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.
Current legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) makes it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in …
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities (mNLA) in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). This includes ensuring fishing and mNLA management measures…
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
This area covers ICES areas 7e, 7f and 7g; from St Alban’s Head, round the coast of Cornwall, including the Isles of Scilly and up to Bristol.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
The variation effective from 00:01hrs Tuesday 01 July 2025
Details of how to correctly sample and analyse sediment in support of a marine licence application.
Details of how to apply for a marine licence, what documents you need to provide, how much it costs and how long it will take
Definitions of some commonly used terms in marine licensing.
Guidance for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
New EU Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing (IUU) requirements mean that UK exporters will need to provide additional information on catch certificates from 10 January 2026. To support exporters in preparing for thes…
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Applications and guidance for the 2025 Bluefin tuna (BFT) commercial and recreational fisheries is now available.
Find out which activities may be exempt from requiring a marine licence and what you need to do in such circumstances.
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