05 Jan 2020

The latest edition of the MMO’s Marine Planning News is packed full of information for the entire England Coast; I have just focused below on a section on the Evidence reports recently published The Marine Management Organisation has recently published a number of evidence projects that support the work of marine planning and is currently […]

23 Nov 2019

The results of a project undertaken by marine consultancy ABPmer, to develop a method to assign values to shipping cargo has been published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).   The resulting mapping and information will improve the evidence base used in developing marine plan policies. Monty Smedley, maritime sector lead at ABPmer said “This was […]

07 Jul 2019

Alternative use of dredge material in the north east, north west, south east and south west marine plan areas (MMO1190) A project to map opportunities for the alterative use of dredge material in NE, NW, SE, SW Marine Plan areas. Report- Dredging Alternative Use Sediment The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is currently developing the north […]

18 Jun 2019

Catch recording for under 10m fishing vessels starts this summer – key changes made in response to consultation.   Changes to the planned introduction of catch recording for all English and Welsh under 10 metre fishing boats have been made following a public consultation. MMO ‘A report on the consultation, which closed in April, was published […]

06 May 2019

The latest MMO Marine Planning Newsletter has been produced and includes: Progress on the emerging regional plans The Marine Planning team has just completed a period of engagement with stakeholders on our emerging marine plan policies. These policies form part of our Iteration 3 outputs of the process to develop the North West, North East, […]

16 Apr 2019

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is currently going through the process of marine planning for English marine waters. During consultations, stakeholders expressed a desire for a national dataset to be developed to identify sites suitable for coastal and marine habitat creation or restoration. ABPmer were commissioned to help develop such a dataset and identify which […]

12 Mar 2019

Evidence strategy for the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) MMO ‘Strategy setting our priorities for evidence that will ensure our delivery is underpinned with excellent science delivered in the most efficient way.  To ensure it makes effective management decisions, the MMO must maintain a level of technical capability within its own staff alongside a clear strategic […]

05 Mar 2019

Preparing for a grim reality – the Defra website is bursting with technical briefings on everything from fisheries to chemicals, two sets of guidance on fisheries and importing and exporting fish. Ditto the MMO website The fisheries sector and preparing for EU Exit   If the UK leaves the EU on 29 March without a deal, […]