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UK-Chile letter of intent on Antarctic co-operation 2023 to 2028, signed in Santiago on 30 October 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Seeking views on the design of UK permitting regimes for the recreational fishing of Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT).
Arrangements for the bluefin tuna commercial trial fishery for 2023.
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.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Seeking views on measures to help manage non-quota fish stocks in English waters.
Information about the Highly Protected Marine Area designation at Allonby Bay in the Irish Sea.
Information about the Highly Protected Marine Area designation at North East of Farnes Deep in the North Sea.
Information about the Highly Protected Marine Area designation at Dolphin Head in the English Channel.
The paper outlines the rationale for Highly Protected Marine Areas, gives an overview of the sites intended for designation and provides details of the selection process.
2023 call for evidence
Seeking views on how we should split our additional fishing quota between the UK administrations and allocate our additional quota in England and the Crown Dependencies from 2023.
Agreed record of the annual consultations held between the UK and the Faroe Islands for fishing opportunities in 2023.
How the draft river basin management plans have been updated and a summary of the programmes of measures.
Three-year progress reports on the East Marine Plans.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Evidence on the ecosystem risks and benefits of full prohibition of industrial sandeel fishing in UK waters of the North Sea
The UK government is consulting on pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English waters for biodiversity recovery.
This document sets out the UK government's approach to the Arctic, and provides an update to the UK Arctic policy framework.
We want your views on the draft plans to help shape the management of the water environment. They will help us update the current river basin management plans.
This strategy outlines the monitoring programmes for measuring progress towards Good Environmental Status (GES) in UK seas.
Sets out how we will minimise sensitive marine species bycatch and entanglement in UK fisheries.
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