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  • How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.

  • Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.

  • Map showing how England's inshore and offshore waters have been split into 11 marine plan areas.

  • A document outlining standards to be met by organisations delivering Tier 2 response services in the UK.

  • Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.

  • Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch

  • Marine Management Organisation guidance on the environmental benefits of advanced mooring systems over traditional moorings, as well as the consent and marine licencing process.

  • Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.

  • This page details the MMO’s work on the management of marine non-licensable activity in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).

  • How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.

  • The 12-stage process on how a marine plan is made from selection to implementation and monitoring and how you can get involved.

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

  • List of UK approved oil spill treatment products including the name, nature and type, and what they are approved for

  • The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.

  • Information on the UK's implementation of Data Collection Framework legislation (as amended in retained EU law)

  • Guidance on the preparation of second generation Shoreline Management Plans (SMP).

  • How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.

  • Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Studland Bay, in the South West of England.

  • Enabling safe and sustainable marine economies across Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

  • MCA guidelines for ports to ensure a co-ordinated local and national response to an oil spill.