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  • Use the Fish Export Service to create a UK catch certificate for fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels for export.

  • Use this service to create a UK processing statement for fish and shellfish that have been imported or landed directly into the UK for processing, ready for export.

  • The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.

  • The variation effective from 00:01hrs Thursday 01 January 2026

  • Current quota catch limits for the 10 metres and under pool including details on 2 and 3 monthly limits on stocks

  • Use this service to create a UK storage document for fish and shellfish that have been imported or landed directly into the UK for storage, ready for export.

  • Details of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) in UK waters.

  • Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.

  • The licence sets out where you can fish, what you are not allowed to fish and the limits for the stocks you are allowed to fish and land.

  • Current quota catch limits for the over 10 metres non-sector pool including details on 3 monthly limits for stocks

  • Fishery products must be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catch or harvest to retail sale.

  • How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels over 10 metres.

  • How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.

  • List of the fish names (commercial designations) accepted at the point of retail in the United Kingdom.

  • How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.

  • How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.

  • Information on the designation of UK ports for direct landings by foreign vessels and UK vessels according to licence conditions.

  • Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …

  • The European Commission granted the UK and other member states specific quotas for undulate ray in 2015.

  • Detailed scheme rules and application forms to fish in the Sole Recovery Zone with regulated gears.