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New CEO for Plymouth Fishing and Seafood Association. The Plymouth Fishing and Seafood Association (PFSA) have welcomed Edward (Ed) Baker stepping into his new role this week as their Chief […]
Underwater camera network to monitor the habitat needs of juvenile fish. Scientists, managers and fishing organisations in the South West of England will work together to create a network of […]
Channel non-quota species FMP engagement update. The Marine Management Organisation has finalised dates, times and places for its second round of conversations with south coast fishers about the Channel demersal […]
Channel non-quota species FMP engagement sessions announced The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will hold a fresh set of quayside conversations with fishers in ports on the south coast to get […]
Fishing activity to be banned in 13 more English MPAs. The latest stage of proposed measures to protect further valuable marine habitats and manage harmful fishing activity in England’s Marine […]
Studland Bay Voluntary No Anchor Zone – 2022 Review. A review of Studland Bay’s voluntary no anchor zone (VNAZ) is being conducted by Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The VNAZ was […]
Fisheries and Seafood Scheme funding panel dates announced for 2023. Panel dates in 2023 for applications to Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) valued over £150,000 confirmed by Marine Management Organisation […]
UK fishers highlight displacement crisis for fishing industry. Committee Room 9 in the Palace of Westminster recently saw the parliamentary launch of the ABPmer report, commissioned by the NFFO and […]
MMO engages recreational fishers on Fisheries Management Plan. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) joined a forum hosted by the Angling Trust in July to discuss development of the Channel demersal […]
Number of UK fishermen decline over last decade. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2021. Fleet In 2021 there were 5,783 United Kingdom […]
Cornish fishers say Greenpeace is endangering lives by dumping boulders. The Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation says that with Greenpeace’s illegal, celebrity-tagged, boulder-dumping mission still simmering in the media, it is […]
MMO criticises actions by Greenpeace in South West Deeps. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has issued a detailed response to the actions of Greenpeace, who dropped 18 boulders into the […]
Anthony Mangnall MP leads parliamentary debate on the Inshore Fishing Fleet. On 14th June, Anthony Mangnall MP (Totnes) led a debate in Parliament’s Westminster Hall to draw attention to the […]
Panel Dates Announced for UK Fisheries and Seafood Scheme The UK’s Marine Management Organisation has confirmed the first panel dates for the re-launched Fisheries and Seafood Scheme and is inviting […]
Succorfish sails off with dozens of new contracts for inshore vessel monitoring system. A North East technology business has sailed off with dozens of contracts around the UK in the […]
Satlink only foreign firm to be certified to supply monitoring systems to UK. The Spanish technology company Satlink is the only foreign firm that has been certified and authorised by […]
Project Fisheye comes to an end. Project Fisheye, led by SafetyNet Technologies and part funded by The Marine Management Organisation (via FaSS funding), has come to an end after three […]
MMO to relaunch Fisheries and Seafood Scheme. This April the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will relaunch the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS). This will continue to provide certainty to the […]
ScrapTheAPP commence legal challenge against MMO. ScrapTheAPP group and Plymouth Fishermen Brian Tapper have commenced the first step of a judicial review legal challenge against the Marine Management Organisation to […]
I-VMS grants system now open. The UK’s Marine Management Organisation has announced that the online system which makes it quick and easy to apply for a grant of up to […]
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