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

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

  • Work out if your activity qualifies for the self-service marine licensing process

  • Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.

  • MMO is proposing management measures for offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in the North Sea region.

  • Marine plan for the east inshore and east offshore marine areas

  • Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.

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

  • Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at The Swale Estuary, in the South East of England.

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

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

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

  • Laying telecommunications and power cables within UK territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles) requires a marine licence.

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

  • How to apply for a several order or a regulating order.

  • How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.

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

  • This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013. Five additional features were added to four sites on 31 May 2019.

  • Learn about how the UK Managing Authority (UKMA) manage the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).

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