The spotlight has been on ports and harbours over the last few months, with the aim of improving our engagement with stakeholders and collecting important data. The Coastal Planners initially focused on Statutory Harbour Authorities in order to confirm the …
This week the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launched the consultation on the Draft South Marine Plans. The consultation will be open between 7 November 2016 and 27 January 2017. Stakeholders will be able to comment via the MMO’s Citizen Space …
On the day the MMO publish their Annual Sea Fisheries Statistics, Lisa Richardson (MMO, Senior Statistical Officer) tells us a little about the work that goes into preparing the statistics.
Dr Shaun Nicholson, Head of Marine Licensing at the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), explains more about the decision-making process for applications and how the public can have their say on proposed activities.
Today is #TalkLikeAPirateDay and I wanted to share some information on the work the IUU team do to implement the IUU Regulation on behalf of the UK and prevent illegally caught fish from coming across our border.
...New ways of working Government consent for the development was originally granted in September 2014. However a number of individual elements of its construction are covered by the MMO’s marine...
Marine Conservation Officer, Monika Van Wyk talks marine pollution and the proposed ban on microplastics.
...Line cable car crossing, repairs to a wall at the Tower of London and installation of an Antony Gormley statue, Another Time, on the bank of the River Thames near...
...the River Thames for navigation, hydrodynamics, promoting the use of the river and for licensing works and dredging. Some of these responsibilities duplicate those of the MMO. However we've now...
This week we have held three marine plan implementation workshops (in Exeter, Portsmouth and Eastbourne) to look at how the south marine plan will be used as part of the decision making process by both public authorities and applicants once …
As human activities in the marine area increase so does underwater noise. Understanding and mitigating the impact of this is an important part of the sustainable development of our seas and protecting the marine environment for future generations.