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Information and guidance on UK seagrass, the value of this important marine habitat and the Marine Management Organisation's role in supporting its protection and recovery in England.
As a Public Authority, the UKHO makes relevant data sets available in compliance with the ‘Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe’ (INSPIRE) initiative.
How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
Summary of the determinations that set out current fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks.
Applications and guidance for the 2025 Bluefin tuna (BFT) commercial and recreational fisheries is now available.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
This area covers ICES areas 7e, 7f and 7g; from St Alban’s Head, round the coast of Cornwall, including the Isles of Scilly and up to Bristol.
Fees information for the different marine licences and associated work.
Guidance note to show how users, decision-makers and applicants could apply marine plans and use the Explore Marine Plans service
Latest updates and documents on the progress of fisheries management plans (FMPs), focusing on goals and management led by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
Map showing how England's inshore and offshore waters have been split into 11 marine plan areas.
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.
Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
Navigation, passage planning, pilotage service, mooring details and charges for boaters using Rye Harbour.
Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
Published June 2021 the North East Inshore and North East Offshore Marine Plans provides guidance for sustainable development from the Scottish Border to Flamborough Head in Yorkshire.
Marine Management Organisation guidance on the environmental benefits of advanced mooring systems over traditional moorings, as well as the consent and marine licencing process.
MMO byelaw covering specified areas in the following 13 marine protected areas.
Current legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) makes it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in …
The systematic survey of the UK’s coastal waters
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