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What is the Landing Obligation?

Posted by: Carl Harvey (Digital Manager), Posted on: 11 January 2019 - Categories: fisheries
Seagulls following a trawler across the sea.

...discarded. Will bass be subject to Landing Obligation rules? Bass is not subject the Landing Obligation rules as it is not a quota species and is managed under a general...

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Statistics show where UK vessels fish and what is landed from our waters

Posted by: James Pilkington and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 27 September 2018 - Categories: Statistics
Torquay devon fishing

...of the seven other EU Member States' waters that the UK landed fish from the most valuable for the UK fleet were (avg. 2012 – 2016): Ireland (65,000 tonnes, £66...

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MMO IUU team meet European counterparts in Spain

Posted by: Gareth Hern, MMO, Posted on: 10 April 2018 - Categories: Coastal, fisheries

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is estimated to cost over £8.5 billion a year globally. We work closely with EU Member States and third countries to help tackle this. Read more about our recent discussions in Vigo, Spain.

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3 questions frequently asked about commercial fishing

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 8 February 2018 - Categories: fisheries
Fishing boats at Fraserburgh

Since the UK voted to leave the EU the proportion of questions the MMO receives from the public and media about commercial fishing has increased. We previously committed to making...

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