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Marine planning - your say on the future of England’s seas

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 5 March 2018 - Categories: marine planning
marine planning team at workshop

We're halfway through our iteration 2 consultation workshops for Marine Planning. Find out what happened in the North West and South East and what is still to come for the South West and North East.

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

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 28 February 2018 - Categories: MMO corporate
February 2018 updates MMO

...bass in 2018, for both recreational and commercial fishermen. Commercial fishing for bass in any restricted area is prohibited during February and March 2018. We answered some more common questions...

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

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 30 January 2018 - Categories: MMO corporate
MMO news round up January 2018

This month saw good news for one of our Board Members and we also welcomed a new recruit. Representatives for the Blue Belt programme visited UK Overseas Territories and the...

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Marine planning engagement

Posted by: Jessica Churchill-Bissett (MMO), Posted on: 13 July 2017 - Categories: marine planning

...Marine Management Organisation (MMO) marine planning team tells us about the spring engagement that took place in our remaining Marine Plan areas. Time to talk The spring workshops were very...

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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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Production of marine plans - an update

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 12 April 2017 - Categories: marine planning
marine plan areas

The recent round of engagement as part of the development of the North West, North East, South West and South East marine plans was concluded on 31 March 2017. 

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Consultation on the Draft South Marine Plans

Posted by: Clare Kavanagh, MMO, Posted on: 11 November 2016 - Categories: marine planning

This week the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launched the consultation on the Draft South Marine Plans. The consultation will be open between 7 November 2016 and 27 January 2017. Stakeholders will be able to comment via the MMO’s Citizen Space …

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A new approach to assessing marine plan sustainability

Posted by: Emma Jones from Ramboll Environ, Posted on: 9 May 2016 - Categories: marine planning
Wind turbine off the Norfolk Coast being constructed by a jack-up vessel

...transparent decisions. It is also a requirement of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and, under EU law, must incorporate the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive. What...

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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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Marine plans must be based on local knowledge - we need your views

Posted by: Peter Cosgrove, MMO and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 21 April 2016 - Categories: marine planning
Thames tidal area

Over the last two weeks we have been visiting all four corners of England’s coast, launching the start of marine planning for the north east, south east, south west and...

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