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This page details the MMO’s work on the management of marine non-licensable activity in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).
Map showing how England's inshore and offshore waters have been split into 11 marine plan areas.
Current quota catch limits for the over 10 metres non-sector pool including details on 3 monthly limits for stocks
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
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 North West Inshore and North West Offshore Marine Plans provides guidance for sustainable development from the border with Scotland to the border with Wales.
This guidance explains when deposit activities may need a marine licence from the Marine Management Organisation.
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
The South Marine Plans were published on 17 July 2018.
Marine plan for the east inshore and east offshore marine areas
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
How you can manage, allocate, swap, transfer or lease fishing quotas.
Current legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) makes it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in …
Advice and guidance on the catch, landing and sale of common sturgeon.
Regional Fisheries Groups (RFGs) are an initiative set up to enable the inshore fishing sector to come together to share views and promote collaborative working with organisations such as MMO, Defra, Cefas and local IFCAs.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Fishery products must be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catch or harvest to retail sale.
MMO have carried out assessments on the impacts of fishing activities on highly mobile species features including harbour porpoises and marine bird species. These assessments are captured within the draft fishing gear MPA Im…
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