News from the MMO: "We have been very busy since our last newsletter in November with our December workshops in Hull, Norwich and Peterborough, drop-in sessions in the reporting areas (London, Newcastle and Scarborough) and the release of the Draft Evidence and Emerging Issues Report. We have also had meetings with the Department of Energy and Climate Change which included representatives from the renewable and oil and gas sectors to discuss the report. We met with the Planning Advisory Service in late December to discuss the progress on the production of the plans and introduce the next steps of planning which focus on vision and objectives for the plan area. Our three liaison officers continue to engage with local stakeholders on a daily basis and have been liaising with the coastal partnerships, the inshore fisheries and conservation authorities, local planning authorities, fishing industry, local recreational users and the tourist industry.
If you would like to arrange a meeting with us please email planning@marinemanagement.org.uk or call 0191 376 2790.
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| Click here to access the MMO's Fishing Focus page. |
The MMO's comprehensive web site covers every aspect of fisheries management - the first port of call when trying to find out specific information about fishing effort, quotas and other fishing restrictions........
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| Data like Non-sector catch limits for the Under 10m boats is readily available. |
with the MMO currently engaged in a consultation period with the fishing industry (and all other marine groups) in the South and Eastern regions, a visit to the Portal reveals a wealth of data visually available via their interactive chart - here showing the fishing effort (estimated based on VMR data) in the South West up to the Welsh coast and across to Ireland.
The MMO are not the only organisation that provides a wealth of electronic data available online, ICES provide the results of their work using the mapping technology of Google Earth view........
this page shows the EcoSystemDat map with the results of the Beam Trawl survey carried out in the North Sea and English Channel.