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The home of Marine Management Organisation on GOV.UK. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) was created in 2009 by the Marine and Coastal Access Act.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in…
Use the Fish Export Service to create a UK catch certificate for fish and shellfish caught by UK flagged vessels for export.
Details of registered and licensed fishing vessels over 10 metres and 10 metres and under.
Registered and licensed vessels 10 metres and under
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
See details of applications for marine licences and the decisions made.
Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
Registered and licensed vessels over 10 metres
Use this service to create a UK processing statement for fish and shellfish that have been imported or landed directly into the UK for processing, ready for export.
Guidance on activities for marine licences.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). MMO also manages marine licensable activities through our marine l…
Write to, email or call your local Marine Management Organisation office (MMO)
The licence sets out where you can fish, what you are not allowed to fish and the limits for the stocks you are allowed to fish and land.
How to understand each part of your fishing vessel licence – vessel details, conditions, schedule, annex and their current copies.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
Information on the current rules applicable to Bluefin tuna in UK waters.
Marine planning is a new approach to managing the seas around England
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