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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.
Published June 2021 the South East Inshore Marine Plan provides guidance for sustainable development from Felixstowe in Suffolk to near Folkestone in Kent.
UK and England quota management rules
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
Guidance on the fishing vessel engine power testing programme for English-registered vessels.
UK and foreign vessels landings by UK port and UK vessel landings abroad: provisional data.
An accelerated licensing process may apply to some applications for dredging activity.
Information about the available funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) scheme
Fishing vessels are required to fit and maintain in operation an automatic identification system (AIS)
Guidance on the technical conservation and landing obligation (discard ban) regulations applicable from 2022 onwards. Including how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is conducting a programme to assess vessel monitoring systems to identify devices that meet its technical specifications for reporting of location, heading and speed by under 12m fish…
This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the Marine Management Organisation.
The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) provides an independent assessment of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
How different types of fishing gear must be marked, what you must do if you lose your fishing gear, how to report lost fishing gear.
This page provides details of the efficacy and toxicity tests oil spill treatment products (OSTPs) must pass before being approved for use in UK waters, including information on the associated fees and methods for payment.
List of UK approved oil spill treatment products including the name, nature and type, and what they are approved for
Guidance on the technical conservation and landing obligation (discard ban) regulations for 2021. Including how the rules apply, selling undersize fish, reporting requirements and quota management.
Contact details for all enquiries relating to marine licences
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
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