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MMO commissioned an Independent Scientific Panel review of its Stage 3 marine protected areas (MPA) impacts evidence documents and a sample of the Stage 3 MPAs site assessments.
Enabling safe and sustainable marine economies across Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Application form and guidance on filling in the application form for the UK Deep-sea mining (DSM) Environmental Science Network.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs delegated marine planning functions to MMO in 2010.
Since July 2008 dredging for shellfish and demersal trawling has been prohibited in a designated 60 square mile area of Lyme Bay.
This offshore marine conservation zone was designated on 21 November 2013.
This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013. Four features were added to this site on 31 May 2019.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Albert Field, in South West England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Cape Bank, in the South West of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Erme Estuary, in the South West of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Fulmar, in the North West of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Goodwin Sands, in the South East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Holderness Inshore, in the East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Holderness Offshore, in the East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Inner Bank, in the South East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Kentish Knock East, in the South East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at North West of Lundy, in the South West of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Offshore Brighton, in the South East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Offshore Overfalls, in the South East of England.
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