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When you can get permission to trap or remove crayfish in England, how to apply, and rules to follow.
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
Current quota catch limits for the 10 metres and under pool including details on 2 and 3 monthly limits on stocks
Get permission to use nets, traps or electric fishing instruments in inland waters.
Apply to become authorised to import live fish and shellfish in England and Wales
When you can get permission to catch eel or elver by trap or net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
Current quota catch limits for the over 10 metres non-sector pool including details on 3 monthly limits for stocks
How to apply for a fisheries dispensation from UK laws to carry out scientific research from a fishing vessel in English waters.
When you can get a licence to catch salmon or sea trout by net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
This page details the requirements for the Marine Mammal Reporting licence condition which has been in all fishing vessel licences since 2021.
There is anticipated to be excess quota in the English non-sector pools. In order to make the best use of this quota and to ensure opportunities are available to as many vessels as possible, MMO is taking the following actio…
Vessels that do not have their quota managed by a Producer Organisation are managed by the Marine Management Organisation via catch limits.
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
Details of how to report fishing activities, codes for different reports and common species, and extra details for vessel fishing in Norway.
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.
How to calculate the live weight of fish based on landed weight and conversion factors.
The chart represents a long standing agreement between fishermen using pots and creels and those who fish with trawls and scallop dredges.
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.
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