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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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Fully Documented Fishery scheme helping to reduce discards of quota species

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 20 March 2017 - Categories: Coastal
boat and sea birds catch quota trials

...vessel is fishing and sensors to detect when the fishing net is deployed. A picture of the REM system’s output is below. These schemes are voluntary and it is only...

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The work of an MMO marine officer

Posted by: Martin Arris (Marine Officer) - MMO, Posted on: 23 February 2017 - Categories: Coastal

...landings, and an opportunity to input some of the inspections and data collected that day. Of course, we cannot visit everywhere every day, but most days can be as varied,...

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Keeping the data flowing

Posted by: Laura Milstead - Administration Officer (MMO), Posted on: 17 February 2017 - Categories: Coastal

Laura Milstead, Administration Officer with the MMO North Shields coastal office tells us about the valuable work of MMO coastal data entry teams.

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Building on success with the Holderness Coast FLAG

Posted by: Ray Williamson (East Riding of Yorkshire Council), Posted on: 6 January 2017 - Categories: European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF)

...towns of Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea. A wide variety of initiatives A wide variety of initiatives have been supported by the FLAG including: the establishment of a major Bridlington Seafood...

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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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The work of the MMO Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) Team

Posted by: Nick Mynard (Senior Marine Officer), Posted on: 19 September 2016 - Categories: Coastal
Illegal fishing boat

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.

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Funding for fisheries projects - in pictures

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 19 May 2016 - Categories: European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
EFF MMO paid in England

We've produced a series of images to mark the annual European Maritime Day. These contain facts about the European Fisheries Fund, which provided investment towards sustainable fisheries and fishing communities....

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The North Thames Fisheries Local Action Group - from the beginning to now

Posted by: Amy Pryor and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 5 May 2016 - Categories: European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
Southend on Sea North Thames FLAG

The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) is funding up to six groups to deliver community led local development in England. These Fisheries Local Action Groups, FLAGs,will use the knowledge...

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Managing the marine environment, together

Posted by: Craig McGarvey, MMO and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 28 April 2016 - Categories: MMO corporate
Beach near Hull

...dredging To carry out dredging to support their operations ports and harbours may require a marine licence from the MMO under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. They may...

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