Marine Management Organisation

  • Public Notice: Application for wild oysters restoration Tyne & Wear

    Public Notice: Application for wild oysters restoration Tyne & Wear

    5th July 2023

    MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR WILD OYSTERS RESTORATION TYNE & WEAR Notice is hereby given that Mrs Alison Debney, Zoological Society of London, has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act…

  • Working group to tackle NQS minefield

    Working group to tackle NQS minefield

    26th September 2022

    The MMO has confirmed the creation of a working group that will address the thorny issue of the future management of non-quota stocks in Areas VIId and VIIe in the English Channel, through the development of a Fisheries Management Plan…

  • We don’t trust you!

    We don’t trust you!

    15th September 2022

    Research reveals breakdown in relations between fishermen and regulators Max Dixon. Masters student Max Dixon featured earlier this year in the pages of FN (Fishing News, 21 July, ‘Do you trust the institutions that govern UK fisheries?’), when he asked…

  • Pelagic landings start new chapter for Hull

    Pelagic landings start new chapter for Hull

    20th July 2022

    The landing of 900t of frozen-at-sea herring into Hull’s Alexandra Dock by sisterships Wiron 5 and Wiron 6 signals the start of a long-term relationship with the port, says vessel owner North Atlantic Fishing Company (NAFC), reports Andy Read. Managing…

  • FaSS: new panel dates announced

    FaSS: new panel dates announced

    31st May 2022

    The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed the first panel dates for the relaunched Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS), and is now inviting applications from the industry. The grant scheme, administered by the MMO on behalf of Defra, was relaunched…

  • Public notice: Marine Management Organisation

    Public notice: Marine Management Organisation

    27th April 2022

    Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 Four byelaws prohibiting certain fishing gears within South Dorset Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ), Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and in specified areas within The Canyons MCZ and Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and…

  • MMO advice on help available

    MMO advice on help available

    1st April 2020

    A message from Tom McCormack, CEO of the Marine Management Organisation The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is working to continue to provide its services during the unfolding events around the Covid-19 pandemic. Our main aim in these unprecedented times is…

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