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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.
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
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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.
Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.
Details of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) in UK waters.
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 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 Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws.
How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
Penalty notices and fines that apply for fisheries offences, including illegal catch and marketing offences.
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.
Fishery products must be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catch or harvest to retail sale.
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels over 10 metres.
Information on the designation of UK ports for direct landings by foreign vessels and UK vessels according to licence conditions.
Fishing vessels are required to fit and maintain in operation an automatic identification system (AIS)
List of the fish names (commercial designations) accepted at the point of retail in the United Kingdom.
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