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  • Influence management of England's inshore fisheries

    Opportunity for someone with commercial fisheries expertise to influence the management of inshore fisheries in the south of England.

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  • 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

  • Sampling and analysis changes for marine licence applications

    Sampling and sediment analysis to support a marine licence application will need to be carried out before an application is submitted.

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  • 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

  • UK marine policy statement published

    Shared UK vision for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas.

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

  • Marine policy and equalities legislation: myths busted

    Defra officials had already concluded that the Marine Policy Statement complied with the Equalities Act 2010.

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

  • Appointments to the board of the Sea Fish Industry Authority

    Professor Michel Kaiser appointed as interim deputy chair of the Sea Fish Industry Authority's management board.

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

  • Marine Management Organisation Chair Chris Parry steps down

    The Secretary of State has accepted the resignation of Chris Parry as Chair of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

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

  • Radical new way of managing our seas published today

    The Government has today proposed a new way of managing our seas.

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