MARINE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23) Notice of proposal to make a byelaw to prohibit fishing activity within specified areas for the conservation of habitats and species within Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA); Dolphin…
The MMO has now confirmed details of the roll-out of iVMS to the English inshore fleet, following last week’s announcement of the restart of the programme (Fishing News, 17 August, ‘iVMS roll-out restarts’).
The MMO has confirmed that the roll-out of inshore vessel monitoring system (iVMS) devices for vessels in England has been restarted, following the hiatus earlier this year after approval for two terminals was withdrawn. New funding deadlines and limits are…
Buffer zone proposals will extend areas closed to fishing vessels in the three English HPMAs
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…
Repeated warnings were ignored, and fishermen’s concerns were not listened to By Jerry Percy and Sarah Ready of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association The lack of independent testing prior to the national roll-out of the iVMS programme is yet…
Concerns about inadequate MMO monitoring of foreign vessels A Channel rod and line bass fisherman who claims that French trawlers are catching large quantities of bass inside the UK 12-mile limit, which would put them in breach of landings limits,…
On the two-year anniversary of the creation of Regional Fisheries Groups (RFGs) in England, the MMO last week issued an appeal to fishermen to continue to participate, and to reach out to MMO and Defra officials supporting the initiatives. The…
The MMO has launched a consultation on proposals to ban bottom trawling in another 13 MPAs in English waters, reports Tim Oliver. They are the latest stage in ‘an ambitious programme to protect all 40 English offshore MPAs from harmful…
A best-practice code of conduct for sole fishing with gill-nets in Lyme Bay has been agreed by the steering group of the South West Regional Fisheries Group. The steering group was set up by the MMO and Southern IFCA in…
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