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A practical, experience-based guide to help applicants understand and navigate the marine licensing process, based on learning from the Ports Sandbox.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
Information about impact assessments for marine licence applications.
This Marine Policy Statement (MPS) is the framework for preparing Marine Plans and taking decisions affecting the marine environment.
Details of how to correctly sample and analyse sediment in support of a marine licence application.
The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments.
Find out how to create a Defra account so you can notify the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) about an exempt activity.
This is the Marine Management Organisation's Harbour Orders public register page.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels 10m and under
As a Public Authority, the UKHO makes relevant data sets available in compliance with the ‘Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe’ (INSPIRE) initiative.
Strategic compensatory measures available to offshore wind developers.
Harbour Orders are a form of delegated legislation made under the Harbours Act 1964 (HA 1964), which either amends existing harbour legislation or introduces new harbour legislation.
The Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws.
This area covers ICES areas 7e, 7f and 7g; from St Alban’s Head, round the coast of Cornwall, including the Isles of Scilly and up to Bristol.
Water safety information advising how to stay safe while visiting our waterways.
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme funding rounds.
How offshore wind developers can apply to use the Marine Recovery Fund to secure strategic compensatory measures.
Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
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