Our mission is to safeguard England’s marine environment while supporting a thriving and sustainable fishing industry. One way we can achieve this is through the implementation and enforcement of byelaws within our offshore marine protected areas (MPAs). Our MPA byelaws …
Our seas are an incredible resource for us all, but as population and industry grow so does our dependence on the marine environment. With national and international recognition that current levels of use and growth are unsustainable, the need to …
...information, allowing a locally focussed search of activities and resources, including information on approved marine licenses as well as those under consideration a policy check tool which enables users to...
This Parliament ends on 30 March 2015. Between then and the general election on 7 May is the pre-election period and the Civil Service communicates less, in line with Cabinet...
Following our recent public consultation on the options stage of the South marine planning process we are pleased to share our options consultation summary. The consultation ran from 3 February...
Mel Nicholls, Senior Marine Planner, outlines the revisions It is important that people have opportunities to get involved in the preparation of marine plans for areas in which they live,...
As part of our on-going engagement in the South marine plan areas, we want to understand your views on the different ways of achieving the draft marine plan objectives and...
Mel Nicholls, Senior Marine Planner, outlines the revisions We believe it is important that people have opportunities to input to the development of the marine plans for the areas in...
Marine planning began in the South back in 2012, and since then with your help we’ve come a long way. Core issues have been identified based on the best available...
Chris Maxwell of the MMO’s marine planning team explains why national recognition matters Being nominated for awards is always great, and our marine planning work is currently on the...
Mel Nicholls, Senior Marine Planner at the MMO, explains how consultation views are considered: The South Inshore and Offshore Marine Plans are currently being developed for the coast and seas from Folkestone to the River Dart in Devon. We recently …