Marine

Services

  • Report wreck material to the Receiver of Wreck - what counts as wreck material, fines and deadline

  • See details of applications for marine licences and the decisions made.

  • Report treasure finds to your local Finds Liaison Officer within 14 days - items officially defined as treasure, Portable Antiquities Scheme, inquest, valuation, rewards

  • This is a list of all forms needed to apply for a fishing vessel licence, update a fishing vessel licence, establish/transfer an entitlement, disaggregate a licence entitlement, apply for a mussel seed licence, apply for a Thames Estuary & Blackwater Herring licence, request to change the country of administration of your vessel, and complete a fish plan if you wish to join the English non-sector

  • You'll need to give prior notification before you land fish directly from your UK flagged vessel in an EU designated port.

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases