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Find out how to create a Defra account so you can notify the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) about an exempt activity.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities (mNLA) in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). This includes ensuring fishing and mNLA management measures…
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK.
The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments.
How offshore wind developers can apply to use the Marine Recovery Fund to secure strategic compensatory measures.
Details of how to correctly sample and analyse sediment in support of a marine licence application.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Information on the rules, regulations and restrictions for bass fishing from 1 January 2026,
Information about impact assessments for marine licence applications.
Fees information for the different marine licences and associated work.
How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels 10m and under
Information about the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme funding rounds.
As a Public Authority, the UKHO makes relevant data sets available in compliance with the ‘Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe’ (INSPIRE) initiative.
News on application processes for the 2026 Bluefin tuna (BFT) commercial and recreational fisheries is now available.
Strategic compensatory measures available to offshore wind developers.
Guidance for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme
This is the Marine Management Organisation's Harbour Orders public register page.
How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
New EU Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing (IUU) requirements mean that UK exporters now need to provide additional information on catch certificates and other IUU documents. The changes detailed below had been inco…
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will open a bluefin tuna (BFT) catch and release recreational fishery (CRRF) in English waters in 2026. The MMO will run the application process and will issue permits only for vessel…
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