Guidance and regulation

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

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 31 July 2018

How different types of fishing gear must be marked, what you must do if you lose your fishing gear, how to report lost fishing gear.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 24 June 2016

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

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 5 January 2022

Risk ratings of how likely different fisheries gear types and activities will damage protected features of European marine sites.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 11 June 2014

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 10 June 2011

Application form and guidance on filling in the application form for the UK Deep-sea mining (DSM) Environmental Science Network.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 19 February 2024

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.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 2 March 2021

Marine plan for the east inshore and east offshore marine areas

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 20 September 2022

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

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 2 June 2020

Cefas Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract for Services

• From: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Updated: 4 May 2016

Information on the rules, regulations and restrictions for bass fishing from 1 April 2023

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 22 March 2024

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

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 29 July 2021

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

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 22 June 2021

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

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 3 April 2024

Information on spraying oil spill dispersants, different products and equipment, training, and keeping records.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 29 April 2015

This guidance has been compiled to help recreational divers to ascertain whether diving activities may be licensable.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 6 January 2021

Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Bembridge, in the South East of England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 31 May 2019

How marine non-licensable activities are assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPA)

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Updated: 1 June 2022

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

• From: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and 3 others
• Updated: 2 March 2023

Water safety information advising how to stay safe while visiting our waterways.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 20 September 2013