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Marine Management Organisation guidance on the environmental benefits of advanced mooring systems over traditional moorings, as well as the consent and marine licencing process.
Information on the UK's implementation of Data Collection Framework legislation (as amended in retained EU law)
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Holderness Inshore, in the East of England.
Support for marine users to minimise environmental impacts from unexploded ordnance clearance in the marine environment.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Studland Bay, in the South West of England.
The plan summarises procedures the Marine Management Organisation follows in a marine pollution incident.
A document outlining standards to be met by organisations delivering Tier 2 response services in the UK.
The 12-stage process on how a marine plan is made from selection to implementation and monitoring and how you can get involved.
Map showing the East Inshore and East Offshore marine plan areas.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Offshore Brighton, in the South East of England.
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
Information about the available funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) scheme
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.
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. One additional feature was added to this site on 31 May 2019
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Ribble Estuary, in the North West of England.
Information about generating energy offshore
Laying telecommunications and power cables within UK territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles) requires a marine licence.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.
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