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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.
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.
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 Tuesday 21 April 2026.
Details of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) in UK waters.
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 10 metres and under pool including details on 2 and 3 monthly limits on stocks
Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.
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 several order or a regulating order.
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels over 10 metres.
Fishery products must be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catch or harvest to retail sale.
Details of how to report fishing activities, codes for different reports and common species, and extra details for vessel fishing in Norway.
Detailed scheme rules and application forms to fish in the Sole Recovery Zone with regulated gears.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
Fishing vessels are required to fit and maintain in operation an automatic identification system (AIS)
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