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  • New Non-Executive Director at UKHO

    Marion Leslie, Managing Director of Thomson Reuters Pricing & Reference Services has been appointed Non-Executive Director at the UKHO

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  • Development of UK to Norway electricity cable takes step forward

    Works associated with the laying of the undersea electricity cable between the UK and Norway have been approved by the MMO.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ian Moncrieff CBE to retire as UKHO Chief Executive

    Ian Moncrieff will retire from UKHO, after 8 years as National Hydrographer, Chief Operating Officer and finally Chief Executive.

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  • Gráinne McKeever and Seyi Obakin join the Social Security Advisory Committee

    Gráinne and Seyi take up their appointments today, 1 December 2014.

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  • UKHO Alexander Dalrymple Award 2014

    UKHO Alexander Dalrymple Award presented to Captain Peter Kortenoeven RNLN

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  • Defence Minister visits UKHO

    Julian Brazier TD MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves, visits the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.

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  • New regulations controlling trade in some shark and ray species

    Trade in manta rays and five shark species is being restricted from 14 September 2014 to protect their populations from declining.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Marine milestone for England's seas

    The first ever plans for the future of the seas around England have been published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New marine licensing charges

    A revised charging structure for marine licences will be in place from 6 April 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New network to protect valuable marine life

    27 new Marine Conservation Zones have been created to help better protect our rich marine life. These will join over 500 marine protected areas that already exist in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The UK Government and the Islands - Working Together

    Lord Wallace delivered the UK Government address at the 'Our Island Our Future' conference held in Kirkwall on 19th-20th September 2013

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Marine Conservation Zones: response to an article in the Times

    Richard Benyon has responded to an article in the Times by stressing that we cannot designate all proposed 127 Marine Conservation Zones without the evidence we need.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government seeks views on proposed Marine Conservation Zones

    The Government is pressing ahead with its plans to create Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) to protect the UK’s rich marine environment, Natural…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Greater Manchester heads way on sustainable food production

    Greater Manchester can put itself on the map as a low carbon metropolis, Environment Minister Lord de Mauley said today ahead of his visit to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Myth Bust: The Independent claims that Ministers refuse to ban deadly bird poison

    The myth: An article in The Independent claimed that Environment Minister Richard Benyon has ‘refused to ban deadly bird poison’. The truth…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Studland to Portland reef to get special protection

    Over 330 square km of marine habitat off the coast of Dorset will be given greater protection, Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Appointments to the Seafish board

    The four UK Fisheries Ministers have appointed a new Board to the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish). 

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Written Ministerial Statement on Marine Conservation Zones

    Environment Minister Richard Benyon today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Reappointment to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee

    Judith Webb MBE has been reappointed as an independent member of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Dogger Bank to get special marine protection

    The Dogger Bank is in the middle of the North Sea and crosses the offshore waters of the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government