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Thursday, 03 August 2023
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is proposing management measures to protect the first three Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in England....
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
MMO is aware of statements and communications circulating across social media and in industry press regarding the Inshore Vessel Monitoring System (I-...
Friday, 23 June 2023
Prosecutions for misreporting Saithe catch, Newcastle magistrates court, June 2023...
Friday, 16 June 2023
King scallop dredging in a closed area of Dogger Bank landed a fishing business and vessel master with penalties totalling £15,000....
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Industry update on the results of I-VMS device testing, as MMO confirms its ongoing commitment to support fishers. ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Fishers and fellow stakeholders are being asked to give their views on a range of potential management measures for the sole fishery in Lyme Bay....
Friday, 24 March 2023
Prosecution brought by Marine Management Organisation (MMO) was heard at Plymouth Magistrates Court on 20 March 2023...
Friday, 17 March 2023
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) alongside UK Fishing Administrations (UKFAs) and the Isle of Man Department of the Environment, Food and Agri...
Wednesday, 08 March 2023
UK scallopers who are yet to respond to a call for evidence on potential closure of the fishery in parts of the Channel this summer are being reminded...
Tuesday, 07 March 2023
The Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) formal consultation on the proposed management of bottom towed fishing in 13 marine protected areas (MPAs) ...
Friday, 03 March 2023
Fishers on the 440 under-10m vessels subject to an annual quota cap will not face the limitation for the remainder of 2023 following a decision by Def...
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Marine Management Organisation has finalised dates, times and places for its second round of conversations with south coast fishers about the Channel ...
Wednesday, 01 February 2023
David Parry, master of British registered fishing vessel Le Men DU (FY408), was ordered to pay a total of £7,841 by Barnstaple Magistrates Court on 19...
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has several current and upcoming general member vacancies in the ten regional Inshore Fisheries and Conservation ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is aware that the report from the Crustacean Mortality Expert Panel has now been published....
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Share your views on scallop closure proposals....
Friday, 13 January 2023
MMO will hold a fresh set of quayside conversations with fishers in ports on the south coast to get their views on ongoing development of the Channel ...
Friday, 09 December 2022
A review of Studland Bay's voluntary no anchor zone (VNAZ) is being conducted by Marine Management Organisation (MMO). ...
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Peter Judge MBE and David Lyall have been reappointed to the Board of the Marine Management Organisation...
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Stakeholders with an interest in management planning for demersal non quota species in the Channel can now read the first minutes of a working group s...
Monday, 24 October 2022
The Marine Management Organisation has issued a marine licence for first UK space launch from Cornwall....
Monday, 24 October 2022
A statement from our CEO...
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The catch recording website for under 10m vessels will be unavailable on Thursday 13 October, 08:00-13:00 due to routine maintenance....
Thursday, 29 September 2022
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2021....
Friday, 23 September 2022
Details of MMO engagement on the development of the Channel demersal Non-quota species Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) with recreational anglers. ...
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
The MMO and key stakeholders have set up a working group which will be at the heart of work to develop the Channel demersal non quota species Fisherie...
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
The MMO are currently seeking applications for a General Member to sit on the Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA). We are loo...
Thursday, 08 September 2022
MMO has a statutory responsibility to protect our precious marine environment. We had already announced a programme of work to manage all fishing acti...
Thursday, 01 September 2022
Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) are a cornerstone of the Government’s approach to fisheries management now the UK has left the EU’s Common Fisheries...
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Over 500 projects in the catching, processing and aquaculture sectors have been awarded more than £9m of Government funding to support efforts to sust...