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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 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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Reporting suspicious behaviour around the British coastline

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 14 December 2016 - Categories: Coastal
Project Kraken

The MMO is one of a number of Government organisations involved in Project Kraken – conducting intelligence-led enforcement activities in the marine area.

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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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Microbeads: trouble in the water

Posted by: Monika Van Wyk and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 7 September 2016 - Categories: marine conservation

Marine Conservation Officer, Monika Van Wyk talks marine pollution and the proposed ban on microplastics.

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A week in the life of a Marine Enforcement Officer

Posted by: Emma Dixon-Lack, Posted on: 8 March 2016 - Categories: Coastal
Seahouses harbor

...the current fishing activity, industry compliance and marine licences in our area and decide where to carry out our risk based inspections. Monday afternoon is dedicated to interviewing a fisherman...

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