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Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
Use the Fish Export Service to create a UK catch certificate for fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels for export.
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Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities (mNLA) in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). This includes ensuring fishing and mNLA management measures…
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
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 …
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
Definitions of some commonly used terms in marine licensing.
Guidance for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
This area covers ICES areas 7e, 7f and 7g; from St Alban’s Head, round the coast of Cornwall, including the Isles of Scilly and up to Bristol.
Details of how to apply for a marine licence, what documents you need to provide, how much it costs and how long it will take
Details of how to correctly sample and analyse sediment in support of a marine licence application.
MMO is proposing management measures for offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in The Western Channel and Southwest region.
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
Find out which activities may be exempt from requiring a marine licence and what you need to do in such circumstances.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
Find marine planning information for England, including data on marine licenses, environmental designations and policy information from regional marine plans.
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK.
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