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How marine non-licensable activities are assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPAs).
Map showing how England's inshore and offshore waters have been split into 11 marine plan areas.
Marine Management Organisation guidance on the environmental benefits of advanced mooring systems over traditional moorings, as well as the consent and marine licencing process.
Marine plan for the east inshore and east offshore marine areas
Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
MMO byelaw covering specified areas in the following 13 marine protected areas.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
This page details the MMO’s work on the management of marine non-licensable activity in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).
MCA guidelines for ports to ensure a co-ordinated local and national response to an oil spill.
How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.
This guidance has been compiled to help recreational divers to ascertain whether diving activities may be licensable.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at East of Start Point, in the South West of England.
Laying telecommunications and power cables within UK territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles) requires a marine licence.
The 12-stage process on how a marine plan is made from selection to implementation and monitoring and how you can get involved.
Information on spraying oil spill dispersants, different products and equipment, training, and keeping records.
Guidance for laboratories on physical and chemical determinands for sediment sampling to support marine licence applications.
Policy to ensure that all existing and potential commercial fishing operations are managed in line with Article 6 of the Habitats Directive
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
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