A requirement for all wild-capture commercial fishers to report any incidental bycatch of marine mammals during fishing operations will be incorporated into licence conditions from 30 November. The announcement of the new measure explains that DEFRA and the devolved administrations…
EIA Consent Decision Aggregate Dredge Area 473 The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has carried out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under the Marine Works (EIA) Regulations 2007 (as amended) (“the MWRs”) in relation to the Aggregate Dredge Area 473 (case…
The Planning Act 2008 – Section 56 ‘Notifying persons of accepted application’ The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2008 – Regulation 9 ‘Publicising an accepted application’ The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 – Regulation 16…
In the first of two articles on the subject, fisheries lawyer Andrew Oliver, a partner in the law firm Andrew Jackson, explains the changed role that IFCAs play in managing England’s inshore fisheries, and why they are in many ways…
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued a safety bulletin, following a number of near misses, accidents and a fatality, to remind owners, employers, skippers and crew of UK fishing vessels of their responsibilities during lifting operations. This bulletin…
Regulation 4 infrastructure planning (applications: prescribed forms and procedure) Regulations 2009 The Awely Y Môr offshore wind farm order 2021 Notice publicising a proposed application for a development consent order (‘DCO’) Notice is hereby given that Awel y Môr Offshore…
The electricity generating stations (applications for variation of consent) (Scotland) regulations 2013 (as amended) marine and coastal access act 2009 Notice is hereby given that Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited, registered under company registration 10515140 at Octagon Point, 5 Cheapside,…
REGULATION 9, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (APPLICATIONS: PRESCRIBED FORMS AND PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS 2009 (AS AMENDED) REGULATION 16, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017 (AS AMENDED) NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF AN APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER PROPOSED BOSTON ALTERNATIVE…
Preventing accidents starts with getting to grips with risk assessment, explains Mark Lennon from the MCA Survey and Inspections team Commercial fishing carries high risk to health and safety. Accident, death and serious injury rates are over 20 times higher…
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