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  • Be part of managing England's inshore fisheries in North West England

    Three vacancies are open to those with fishing and/or marine environment experience who can help manage inshore fisheries in North West England.

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  • Master and owner fined for fisheries offences

    Fishing vessel master and owner ordered to pay £12,008 in fines and costs by Newcastle Magistrates’ Court

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  • Skipper fined for fisheries offences

    A fishing vessel skipper was ordered to pay fines and costs for fisheries offences relating to the use of an illegal net and obstruction.

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  • In-depth look at South coast and seas published

    A wide-ranging report on the features and activities around the South coast of England and further out to sea has been published.

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  • MMO Chief Executive departs

    James Cross is to leave his post at the end of August after being appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Natural England.

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  • Marine Management Organisation Board meeting

    A public meeting of the MMO Board is taking place on 24 June 2014.

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  • Marine milestone for England's seas

    The first ever plans for the future of the seas around England have been published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sampling and analysis changes for marine licence applications

    Sampling and sediment analysis to support a marine licence application will need to be carried out before an application is submitted.

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  • New marine licensing charges

    A revised charging structure for marine licences will be in place from 6 April 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New network to protect valuable marine life

    27 new Marine Conservation Zones have been created to help better protect our rich marine life. These will join over 500 marine protected areas that already exist in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Marine Conservation Zones: response to an article in the Times

    Richard Benyon has responded to an article in the Times by stressing that we cannot designate all proposed 127 Marine Conservation Zones without the evidence we need.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government seeks views on proposed Marine Conservation Zones

    The Government is pressing ahead with its plans to create Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) to protect the UK’s rich marine environment, Natural…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Greater Manchester heads way on sustainable food production

    Greater Manchester can put itself on the map as a low carbon metropolis, Environment Minister Lord de Mauley said today ahead of his visit to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Studland to Portland reef to get special protection

    Over 330 square km of marine habitat off the coast of Dorset will be given greater protection, Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Dogger Bank to get special marine protection

    The Dogger Bank is in the middle of the North Sea and crosses the offshore waters of the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK marine policy statement published

    Shared UK vision for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Marine policy and equalities legislation: myths busted

    Defra officials had already concluded that the Marine Policy Statement complied with the Equalities Act 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Radical new way of managing our seas published today

    The Government has today proposed a new way of managing our seas.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Comprehensive study of UK seas published today

    The most authoritative assessment ever on the state of the UK seas has been published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Richard Benyon speech – Charting Progress 2 launch

    Richard Benyon speech – Charting Progress 2 launch.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government