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How to apply for a several order or a regulating order.
You can apply to lease extra quota from a producer organisation (PO), to supplement your catch limits or to keep fishing a stock where the 10-metres-and-under or non-sector pool allocation has been used.
Guide to the rules and regulations to know before performing sea-fishing activities to supply aquariums and zoos.
Water safety information advising how to stay safe while visiting our waterways.
Information on the designation of UK ports for direct landings by foreign vessels and UK vessels according to licence conditions.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
The full Landing Obligation (discards ban) comes into force on 1 January 2019.
The West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone is off the North West coast of England.
Fishery products must be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catch or harvest to retail sale.
Details of how to report fishing activities, codes for different reports and common species, and extra details for vessel fishing in Norway.
Apply for a grant-aided vessel monitoring system, register or re-register your device, and guidance for manufacturers and engineers.
Enabling safe and sustainable marine economies across Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Information that must be sent manually to the UK Fisheries Call Centre if your electronic logbook software system fails.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
Interactive WebApps to support MMO’s assessment and potential management of Stage 4 marine protected areas (MPAs) and guidance to help users make the most of this platform.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) aims to help the fishing industry maximise use of quotas.
Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …
Which fish come under the landing obligation, what you have to do with them on board and which you can sell for human consumption.
Details of skipper responsibilities, device specification and requirements, VMS+ guidance, and reports.
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