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Little hands ? little legs ? big heart ❤ - Great British Beach Clean 2017

Posted by: Carl Harvey (Digital Manager), Posted on: 19 September 2017 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation
Little girl cleaning litter

“ ?Naughty people - put it in the bin ?"

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Statistics about fishing in the UK and beyond

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 10 August 2017 - Categories: Statistics
EU flag harbour

Where to find information online about fishing activity in UK waters and by UK and EU fishing vessels and an explanation of the rules around foreign ownership of UK fishing vessels. 

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Visit from South Korea delegates

Posted by: Matthew Kinmond, MMO, Posted on: 25 July 2017 - Categories: marine licensing

Marine aggregates are an important resource for England and Wales, and there is a long history of marine aggregate extraction in our waters.

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Public sector paperless awards 2017

Posted by: Carl Harvey (Digital Manager), Posted on: 10 July 2017 - Categories: Digital, marine planning

...This unique event was created to honor and encourage the digital progress and achievements of organisations throughout the UK and to share best practice in digital transformation within the public...

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Future fisheries officers

Posted by: Martin Arris (Marine Officer) - MMO, Posted on: 30 June 2017 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation

...the whole area smelled of rotten prawns, gave a short presentation on all types of gear used for fishing, followed by “hands on” measuring of a piece of net using...

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The pre-election period

Posted by: Carl Harvey (Digital Manager), Posted on: 21 April 2017 - Categories: Digital

...8 June 2017 is the pre-election period. London at night: Houses of Parliament and Big Ben This means that we only communicate essential information, in line with the general election...

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How many statisticians does it take?

Posted by: Guy Ellis (Statistician) - MMO, Posted on: 21 March 2017 - Categories: Statistics, Uncategorized

Guy Ellis is part of an MMO team of 3 statisticians, providing analysis and advice to quota managers, industry and policy makers.

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How clean is your beach?

Posted by: Carl Harvey (Digital Manager), Posted on: 15 March 2017 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation
Pile of rubbish collected

...hour clean we had found hundreds of items scattered across the beach and sand dunes including: tractor tyres lighters glass bottles beer cans tennis balls cotton bud tips cans of...

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SEAsons greetings from all at the MMO

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 23 December 2016 - Categories: MMO corporate
north sea beach winter

In our final blog post before Christmas 2016 we take a look at back at our most popular digital content from the past year. We also share some information you...

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UK Sea Fisheries Annual Statistics Report 2015

Posted by: Lisa Richardson (Senior Statistical Officer), Posted on: 29 September 2016 - Categories: Statistics

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.

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