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This guidance has been compiled to help recreational divers to ascertain whether diving activities may be licensable.
Draft fishing gear impacts evidence documents for stage 3 marine protected areas (MPAs). Stage 3 will seek to assess and manage impacts of fishing on the 43 remaining MPAs with seabed features not already covered in stage 1 …
List of UK approved oil spill treatment products including the name, nature and type, and what they are approved for
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Newquay and the Gannel, in the South West of England.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
Water safety information advising how to stay safe while visiting our waterways.
The 12-stage process on how a marine plan is made from selection to implementation and monitoring and how you can get involved.
How marine non-licensable activities are assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPAs).
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Dart Estuary, in the South West of England.
Marine planning factsheets to give you straightforward information on some of the most common questions and topics around marine planning.
Advice and guidance on the catch, landing and sale of common sturgeon.
Risk ratings of how likely different fisheries gear types and activities will damage protected features of European marine sites.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Studland Bay, in the South West of England.
Materials for MCA course for local authorities on how to carry out and supervise shoreline clean-ups.
Training materials for MCA oil pollution, contingency planning and response course.
How different types of fishing gear must be marked, what you must do if you lose your fishing gear, how to report lost fishing gear.
Map showing the East Inshore and East Offshore marine plan areas.
Fees for different oil spill treatment products, tests and independent evaluation of data.
Since July 2008 dredging for shellfish and demersal trawling has been prohibited in a designated 60 square mile area of Lyme Bay.
This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013. Another feature was added to this site on 31 May 2019.
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