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Use the quota application mechanism (QAM) to apply for English fishing quota.
There is anticipated to be excess quota in the English non-sector pools. In order to make the best use of this quota and to ensure opportunities are available to as many vessels as possible, the MMO is taking the following...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is trialing alternative ways of managing fishing quota in England and crown dependencies through a community quota scheme in Cornwall and a quota application mechanism.
Allocation coefficients and decisions
Allocation coefficients and decision
You can apply to lease extra quota from a producer organisation (PO), to supplement your catch limits or to keep fishing a stock where the 10-metres-and-under or non-sector pool allocation has been used.
Vessels that do not have their quota managed by a Producer Organisation are managed by the Marine Management Organisation via catch limits.
Non-Quota uptake by UK vessels in EU waters July 2026
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