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Marine water quality topic report for the Severn tidal power SEA.
Guidance for laboratories on physical and chemical determinands for sediment sampling to support marine licence applications.
The Connecting Shores podcast exploring young people of colour's relationship with the sea is set to be broadcast on BBC this month.
An agreed, strategic 15-year plan for the UK vision of 'clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas'.
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
A report examining the threats to marine biodiversity in the UK and its Overseas Territories.
A study undertaken at a strategic level to report potential cost impacts at a regional and national level of possible MCZ networks in English…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Advice for vessel owners, operators and masters about vessels with bow areas open to passengers.
This report provides guidance for licensing case officers to support the implementation of marine planning.
This page provides fact sheets and documents relating to CME programme activity in Papua New Guinea.
Seeking views on proposed changes to marine licensing exemptions.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Information about the Highly Protected Marine Area designation at Allonby Bay in the Irish Sea.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
Newsletter from the MMO marine planning team August 2020
Guide to the rules and regulations to know before performing sea-fishing activities to supply aquariums and zoos.
This series brings together all documents relating to Marine science yearbooks
This project was funded by the FCO’s Prosperity Fund and undertaken by UK company Aquatera ltd, with the support of Chilean associates.
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