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Thursday, 20 March 2025
Fishers with commercial licences who want to apply for an authorisation to fish commercially for bluefin tuna in English waters in 2025 can start the ...
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published Bluefin Tuna Catch and Release Recreational Fishery (CRRF) Statistics 2024....
Thursday, 06 March 2025
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today announced its decision on a temporary closure to fishing with dredges for king scallops in ICES areas 7...
Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Marine Management Organisation is advising fishers of forthcoming changes to a number of exemptions to the Landing Obligation in English waters follow...
Friday, 17 January 2025
Stakeholders were given the opportunity to have their say on issues in the east marine plan areas through engagement events hosted by the Marine Plann...
Friday, 20 December 2024
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is proud to celebrate the extensive support it has provided to UK’s fishing and seafood industry in 2024 thro...
Monday, 16 December 2024
Fishers are being reminded that December 16 2024 marks the start of new regulations covering key species in English waters....
Thursday, 05 December 2024
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2023....
Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Cables, flood defences and saltmarsh restoration all feature in the latest MMO Marine Licensing Team cases....
Tuesday, 03 December 2024
The Marine Management Organisation has voluntarily suspended the accredited official statistics status of the Sea Fisheries Statistics....
Monday, 25 November 2024
On 14 November 2024 Dean Richards was given a three-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £15,000 costs to the Marine Management Organisation ...
Monday, 18 November 2024
Scallop fishers are being urged to give their views on a range of proposals to protect stocks in 7d and Lyme Bay area of 7e next summer....
Friday, 08 November 2024
The incumbent member will take on the role of Marine Management Organisation Interim Chair....
Friday, 18 October 2024
Vulnerable fisheries stocks will receive additional protection with the implementation of new legislation....
Tuesday, 08 October 2024
The Marine Management Organisation has published corrections to the UK Sea Fisheries Statistics. ...
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has launched an online survey to seek views on future management of demersal fisheries in Celtic Sea and Western ...
Friday, 06 September 2024
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is encouraging sea anglers and commercial fishers to share their views on the future management of wrasses, black...
Thursday, 08 August 2024
The MMO have been given responsibility by Defra to manage the process of making appointments of General Members to IFCA Committees....
Thursday, 08 August 2024
A bluefin tuna (BFT) catch and release fishery will open on 3 August in English waters. ...
Tuesday, 09 July 2024
The innovative underwater intake pipeline will support the flourishing marine life in Plymouth Sound and provide a vital channel for seawater to the M...
Sunday, 09 June 2024
Following high demand, the extended Fisheries and Seafood Scheme application period has closed....
Friday, 24 May 2024
An extra £2 million of funding has been made available to support the sustainability, productivity and resilience of England’s thriving seafood sector...
Thursday, 23 May 2024
Two new board members appointed...
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Marine Management Organisation has prioritised six ecologically significant inshore marine protected areas (MPAs) for assessment and management over t...
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS), administered by Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of Defra, delivers investments to safeguard th...
Wednesday, 03 April 2024
New legislation requiring all under-12 metre vessels fishing in English waters to have an operational inshore vessel monitoring system (I-VMS) device,...
Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Marine Management Organisation (MMO), on behalf of the UK Fisheries Administrations, has issued the decision on temporary closures to King Scallop fis...
Thursday, 28 March 2024
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today published guidance on this year’s fishing plan for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) in UK waters....
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) Marine Licensing team grants licence for new development ...
Monday, 25 March 2024
Panel date confirmed for the highly popular Fisheries and Seafood Scheme....