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Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
Find out if your marine activity needs a licence, exemption or permission from another authority or organisation.
A practical, experience-based guide to help applicants understand and navigate the marine licensing process, based on learning from the Ports Sandbox.
Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
Find out how the new Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund (FCGF) will support UK fishing businesses and coastal communities.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
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…
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
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
This is the Marine Management Organisation's Harbour Orders public register page.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
News on application processes for the 2026 Bluefin tuna (BFT) commercial and recreational fisheries is now available.
An overview of the UKHO Archive, accessing our archive and ordering copies of archive material.
The Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws.
Find out how to create a Defra account so you can notify the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) about an exempt activity.
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme funding rounds.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
Rye Harbour high water times for each day (morning and afternoon).
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