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How catch limits are set and how to get involved in setting them. This includes current catch limits and closed fishing areas.
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
Annual reports assessing the economic and sustainability outcomes of the negotiations on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas.
UK fishers demonstrating environmental, social, and economic benefits from quota use to be awarded additional quota.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
Guidance on the technical conservation and landing obligation (discard ban) regulations from 2025, including how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
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