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10 updates you might have missed from the Marine Management Organisation in August 2018

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 11 September 2018 - Categories: MMO corporate
MMO updates August 2018

...was ordered to pay over £22,000 for offences relating to pollock. involving illegally caught bass and an East Sussex fisherman received a fine of £4,699 plus £3,200 costs for illegal...

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Delivering Blue Belt on Pitcairn Island

Posted by: Dr Emily Hardman (Blue Belt, MMO), Posted on: 5 September 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt, marine conservation, marine licensing, MMO corporate
Dr Emily Hardman standing at the front of a classroom as three children look on.

Integrated Marine Management Manager, Dr Emily Hardman, provides us with an insight into one of the smallest populated UK Overseas Territories, Pitcairn Island.

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Volunteering to clean Devon beaches

Posted by: Jessica Churchill-Bissett (MMO) and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 30 July 2018 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation
Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative Jessica

...the marine environment (some of which had obviously had been there a while). After carrying all the marine litter back to Broadsands we sorted the litter for recycling. We ended...

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New Blue Belt research survey

Posted by: James Bell (Cefas), Posted on: 2 May 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
The RRS James Clark Ross in front of Tristan Island. Image credit: Rich Turner, BAS.

...for determining the health and status of the commercial stocks. The scientists on James Clark Ross used a mid-water trawl net that opens and closes at different depths. This allowed...

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Delivering the Blue Belt Programme on Ascension Island

Posted by: Dan Ward, Compliance and Enforcement Manager, Blue Belt programme and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 11 April 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
Blue Belt Ascension Island

...sharing best practice on fisheries enforcement, the primary aim was to trial the use of the National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) to support a live operation, through the provision of...

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10 updates you might have missed from the Marine Management Organisation in March 2018

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 3 April 2018 - Categories: MMO corporate
Marine Management Organisation news March 2018

...video on social media reminding people that our consultation on these products closed on 29 March. Blue Belt Dr Emily Hardman, Integrated Marine Management Manager for the Blue Belt programme,...

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Aliens, monks and cannibals – update on marine wildlife crime enforcement

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 7 December 2017 - Categories: marine conservation
american lobster

The MMO presented an update on our marine wildlife crime enforcement work at the annual Wildlife Crime Enforcers Conference.

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Improving regulation in the Tees Estuary

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 16 November 2017 - Categories: marine licensing
Tees Estuary

The MMO will work with the Environment Agency and Natural England to provide an efficient, consistent service that supports sustainable growth in the Tees Estuary.

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Torbay cleaner coast initiative

Posted by: Jessica Churchill-Bissett (MMO), Posted on: 20 October 2017 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation

...makers exploring the town and local residents out on a stroll. A pod of dolphins that appeared in the harbour initially stole the public’s attention; eventually it moved on, spooked...

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Creating a Blue Belt around Tristan da Cunha

Posted by: Jake Turnbull, Communications advisor (MMO), Posted on: 22 September 2017 - Categories: Blue Belt
Rockhopper Penguins of Tristan da Cunha stamp

...slavery and smuggling. It robs legitimate fishermen and governments of revenue; undermines the accuracy of fisheries’ stock assessments and thwarts efforts to manage marine fisheries responsibly. It is also damaging...

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