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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
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.
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.
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.
December 2025 Catch Limit Review
November 2025 Catch Limit Review
October Catch Limit Review
MMO has opened a consultation for a potential seasonal closure of the crawfish fishery during winter 2025 to spring 2026. The consultation is open until midnight on 20 July 2025.
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