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Fisheries Enforcement Officers from the Environment Agency arrested one man on suspicion of poaching sea trout at Newbiggin by the Sea.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Four Marine Management Organisation (MMO) byelaws come into force today (June 13) to protect four offshore marine protected areas.
Announcement made by Lord Goldsmith at UK Overseas Territories World Ocean Day Small Islands – Big Impact Event in London.
To protect sensitive seagrass and seahorses, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) continues to progress the Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone Habitat Protection Strategy.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today (Saturday 14 May) launched a Call for Evidence on the impacts of fishing activity in 13 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Confirmation of four Marine Management Organisation (MMO) byelaws to protect four offshore marine protected areas marks significant step towards the Government’s ambitious plans for nature recovery in our seas
£2.5 million LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES project, led by Natural England, has now planted seagrass across a total of 3.5 hectares of seabed.
Volunteers will pack 20,000 bags of seagrass seeds this month to help restore seagrass within the natural harbour.
Marine Management Organisation have decided to not continue with the prosecution of Greenpeace.
Recreational boaters are being asked to help protect precious seagrass habitats at Studland Bay, off the Dorset coast.
The Environment Agency has ruled out chemical pollution as a likely cause of the deaths of thousands of crabs and lobsters that have been washed ashore along the Teesside and North Yorkshire coast
The Duke of Cambridge and Foreign Secretary joined Overseas Territories representatives and elected leaders in London for the ninth Joint Ministerial Council.
The Marine Management Organisation is introducing the Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone Habitat Protection Strategy to protect sensitive seagrass and seahorses.
The UK will ban the import and export of detached shark fins and products containing them.
King scallop fishing by UK and EU vessels is to be suspended in UK waters of ICES area VIId after consultation with the UK scallop industry and the Government’s marine science service Cefas.
Blue Planet Fund delivers £16.2m for five programmes to tackle climate change, restore ocean health and reduce poverty in developing countries.
Statement by Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, at the Security Council Open Debate on Maritime Security
The Blue Belt Programme has launched a comprehensive online training platform for the UK Overseas Territories. This will provide training and development of skills across a wide range of marine management themes, free of cha…
Skippers and crew members have successfully completed their specialist training to catch, tag and release Atlantic Bluefin Tuna.
A pioneering new fund to drive private investment in nature and tackle climate change has been awarded to 27 projects
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