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Transparency and marine licensing
Transparency and marine licensing
Online improvements made to the Marine Management Organisation's marine licensing process.
Catch recording – ready to record with or without signal
Michael Coyle, Head of Compliance and Control for the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), provides an update on the roll out for catch recording for the under 10 metre fishing fleet.
Whale watching training in the Pitcairn Islands
An update from the Blue Belt Programme on whale watching training in the UK overseas territories.
Joining the Blue Belt team
Ness Smith has joined the Blue Belt team as Head of Marine Management. In this blog she provides an insight into her expertise on UK Overseas Territories.
Catch recording for under 10m fishing vessels starts this summer
Michael Coyle, Head of Compliance & Control for the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), explains the changes affecting the English and Welsh under 10m fishing fleet.
Blue Belt Programme visit to Saint Helena
An update on the recent Blue Belt Programme visit to the island of St Helena
Forthcoming rule changes which will affect the fishing industry
An update on the upcoming changes to fisheries regulations to enable the fishing industry to prepare.
Our fisheries management responsibilities
A brief insight into the MMO's day to day fisheries management responsibilities.
Marine Planning Iteration 3 engagement summary
A Marine Planning Iteration 3 engagement summary is available to view now.
Henderson Island Expedition
Simeon Archer-Rand, Habitat Mapping and Human Activities Team Leader for the UK Government's Blue Belt Programme, tells us about the impact of marine litter on Henderson Island and how work is being done with other organisations to try and tackle the problem.
Blue Belt tuna tagging programme underway in St Helena
A Blue Belt tuna tagging programme is taking place in St Helena as part of a wider project tagging 120,000 tropical tuna species from across the Atlantic.