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Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Codes of conduct for inspecting a fishing vessel at sea or in harbour.
Guidance for fishermen on the rules for fishing vessel licences.
Two sea areas closed in IVc from 00:00 on 1 January to 23:59 on 30 April 2014.
Apply for a grant-aided vessel monitoring system, register or re-register your device, and guidance for manufacturers and engineers.
Details of skipper responsibilities, device specification and requirements, VMS+ guidance, and reports.
Information that must be sent manually to the UK Fisheries Call Centre if your electronic logbook software system fails.
Details of how the first English marine plans were developed following the marine planning stepped process.
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
Guidance for laboratories on physical and chemical determinands for sediment sampling to support marine licence applications.
Laying telecommunications and power cables within UK territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles) requires a marine licence.
Detailed scheme rules and application forms to fish in the Sole Recovery Zone with regulated gears.
Since July 2008 dredging for shellfish and demersal trawling has been prohibited in a designated 60 square mile area of Lyme Bay.
This closure has been put in place by the Danish AgriFish Agency for the protection of juvenile cod, haddock, saithe and whiting
This closure has been put in place by the Danish AgriFish Agency in the Skagerrak for Juvenile Cod, Haddock, Saithe and Whiting.
Autumn 2023 edition of the RFG newsletters.
This closure has been put in place by the Directorate of Fisheries in Norway for the protection of juvenile cod, haddock, saithe and whiting. *Amended Thursday 14 May 2015*
Application forms and the terms and conditions for fishing vessels and owners taking part in the 2017 North Sea FDF scheme.
Fishing and seafood businesses need to prepare for 1 January 2021, the end of the transition period when there will be some new processes for exporting fish and seafood into the EU.
Updates from the MMO Marine Planning team (Spring 2022).
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