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Guidance on the preparation of second generation Shoreline Management Plans (SMP).
How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
MMO byelaw covering specified areas in the following 13 marine protected areas.
Information on the UK's implementation of Data Collection Framework legislation (as amended in retained EU law)
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds, in the East of England.
How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.
Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
This page details the MMO’s work on the management of marine non-licensable activity in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).
Marine Management Organisation duties in relation to Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ) and marine licensing
Details of the efficacy and toxicity tests oil spill treatment products must have before being approved for use in UK waters.
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
Information about generating energy offshore
Laying telecommunications and power cables within UK territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles) requires a marine licence.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
The plan summarises procedures the Marine Management Organisation follows in a marine pollution incident.
Enabling safe and sustainable marine economies across Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
List of UK approved oil spill treatment products including the name, nature and type, and what they are approved for
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