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Details of how to report fishing activities, codes for different reports and common species, and extra details for vessel fishing in Norway.
How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels over 10 metres.
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
Penalty notices and fines that apply for fisheries offences, including illegal catch and marketing offences.
How to apply for a fisheries dispensation from UK laws to carry out scientific research from a fishing vessel in English waters.
Guide to the rules and regulations to know before performing sea-fishing activities to supply aquariums and zoos.
Detailed scheme rules and application forms to fish in the Sole Recovery Zone with regulated gears.
Water safety information advising how to stay safe while visiting our waterways.
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.
Information on the designation of UK ports for direct landings by foreign vessels and UK vessels according to licence conditions.
Risk ratings of how likely different fisheries gear types and activities will damage protected features of European marine sites.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
Apply for a grant-aided vessel monitoring system, register or re-register your device, and guidance for manufacturers and engineers.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) aims to help the fishing industry maximise use of quotas.
Apply for European Maritime and Fisheries Funds (EMFF) and download guidance documents and application forms.
The new ‘tech con’ regulation 2019/1241 repeals Council Regulation 850/98 and some other current Commission Regulations. See Technical Measure background and area specific guidance documents below.
Information about the available funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) scheme
Vessels that do not have their quota managed by a Producer Organisation are managed by the Marine Management Organisation via catch limits.
How to calculate the live weight of fish based on landed weight and conversion factors.
From 1 October 2017 UK registered vessels must not fish for berried lobsters.
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