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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). MMO also manages marine licensable activities through our marine l…
The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments.
MMO byelaw covering specified areas in the following 13 marine protected areas.
How marine non-licensable activities are assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPAs).
How to act responsibly around marine wildlife when you visit the coast.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
The West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone is off the North West coast of England.
Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation is in the Southern North Sea, off the east coast of England.
The South Dorset MCZ is located approximately 17.5 km south of St Albans Head.
The Canyons MCZ is located in the far south-west corner of the UK continental shelf.
The Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge MPA is located off the south Lincolnshire coast, encompassing a wide range of sandbank types and biogenic reef.
This accessibility statement applies to Explore Marine Plans.
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 …
This page details the MMO’s work on the management of marine non-licensable activity in Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ).
Guidance for laboratories on physical and chemical determinands for sediment sampling to support marine licence applications.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in October 2023.
A magazine for our Marine Management Organisation customers, partners and other stakeholders.
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
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