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Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities (mNLA) in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). This includes ensuring fishing and mNLA management measures…
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 …
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
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.
Definitions of some commonly used terms in marine licensing.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
Details of how to apply for a marine licence, what documents you need to provide, how much it costs and how long it will take
An overview of the UKHO Archive, accessing our archive and ordering copies of archive material.
Guidance for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
Details of how to correctly sample and analyse sediment in support of a marine licence application.
Find out which activities may be exempt from requiring a marine licence and what you need to do in such circumstances.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
Find marine planning information for England, including data on marine licenses, environmental designations and policy information from regional marine plans.
Applications and guidance for the 2025 Bluefin tuna (BFT) commercial and recreational fisheries is now available.
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