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Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
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…
Details of how to apply for a marine licence, what documents you need to provide, how much it costs and how long it will take
Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
Information on the current rules applicable to Bluefin tuna in UK waters.
Find marine planning information for England, including data on marine licenses, environmental designations and policy information from regional marine plans.
This guidance provides definitions for some commonly-used terms on the subject of marine licensing.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
An overview of the UKHO Archive, accessing our archive and ordering copies of archive material.
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
Details of sediment and sample analysis for marine licence applications.
As a Public Authority, the UKHO makes relevant data sets available in compliance with the ‘Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe’ (INSPIRE) initiative.
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.
How to apply for a commercial domestic fishing licence for vessels 10m and under
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK.
Find out which activities may be exempt from requiring a marine licence and what you need to do in such circumstances.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in…
Information about impact assessments for marine licence applications.
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