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This statement sets the direction of UK fisheries management.
This table sets out the full list of the fisheries management plans (FMPs)…
This is the first statutory report on the Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS), covering the period November 2022 to November 2025.
1. Report on the Joint Fisheries Statement Covering the period November…
2026 and 2027 consultation .
Written records of annual fisheries consultations between the UK and the EU.
April 2026 Catch Limit Review
How legislation is changing to enable wider compensatory measures for offshore wind and the proposed compensation hierarchy.
March 2026 Catch Limit Review
Reports from stock distribution working groups and agreed records of annual consultations on the management of Norwegian spring spawning herring, blue whiting and mackerel in the North-East Atlantic.
SEA scoping consultation on the draft plan/programme to enable future offshore energy leasing and licensing
This report summarises the several order and regulating order application activity between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2025.
February 2026 Catch Limit Review
January 2026 Catch Limit Review.
Defra’s approach to the procurement of strategic compensatory measures for the Marine Recovery Fund (MRF).
The North Sea and Channel sprat FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of sprat fisheries in English and Scottish waters.
The cockle FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of cockle fisheries in English waters.
The Southern North Sea and Channel skates and rays FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of skates and rays fisheries in English waters.
The queen scallop FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of queen scallop fisheries in English waters.
The Southern North Sea demersal non-quota species FMP describes how we will achieve the long-term sustainable management of these fisheries in English waters.
Seeking views on the proposed environmental compensatory measures reforms (ECMR) for offshore wind. Defra will use the responses to inform the final design of the statutory instrument and associated guidance.
This strategy document sets out the UK's approach to the Antarctic over the next decade.
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