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  • Guidance to assist fishers understand the role of I-VMS and their responsibilities.

  • Rye Harbour high water times for each day (morning and afternoon).

  • 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…

  • Find marine planning information for England, including data on marine licenses, environmental designations and policy information from regional marine plans.

  • The Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws.

  • Information about impact assessments for marine licence applications.

  • Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.

  • The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments.

  • As a Public Authority, the UKHO makes relevant data sets available in compliance with the ‘Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe’ (INSPIRE) initiative.

  • Details of how to correctly sample and analyse sediment in support of a marine licence application.

  • Find out which activities may be exempt from requiring a marine licence and what you need to do in such circumstances.

  • New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in…

  • 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…

  • Navigation, passage planning, pilotage service, mooring details and charges for boaters using Rye Harbour.

  • This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the marine management organisation.

  • This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the Marine Management Organisation.

  • The timeline illustrates how the assessment and approval process works once an application for a marine licence has been validated.

  • Fees information for the different marine licences and associated work.

  • Guidance for offshore wind developers on post-consent monitoring standards.

  • Interactive WebApp to support Stage 3 marine protected areas (MPAs) consultation and guidance to help users make the most of this platform,