Marine environment

Services

Vessel Safety Information Card

To be used for recording aspects of safety on vessels
Shellfisheries: several or regulating order application form

Use this form to apply for exclusive fishing or management rights in a defined area of the sea or tidal water.

Water Framework Directive assessment: estuarine and coastal waters
- Detailed guide
- 9 October 2023
- Environment Agency
Make a marine licence application
- Detailed guide
- 28 November 2024
- Marine Management Organisation
Marine licensing: Information you may need to supply to support your marine licence application
- Detailed guide
- 27 January 2025
- Marine Management Organisation
Explore marine plans
- Detailed guide
- 28 November 2024
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Marine Management Organisation
Contact MMO
- Detailed guide
- 2 January 2026
- Marine Management Organisation

UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment: research
- 19 January 2026
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Research
Evaluation of conservation byelaws {MMO1347}
- 21 January 2025
- Marine Management Organisation
- Research
Designing and implementation of a developmental evaluation of marine conservation management measures {MMO1289}
- 21 January 2025
- Marine Management Organisation
- Research
Monthly Sea Fisheries Statistics June 2024
- 8 October 2024
- Marine Management Organisation
- National statistics
Designing and implementation of a developmental evaluation of marine conservation management measures {MMO1289}
- 7 October 2024
- Marine Management Organisation
- Research

Implementing Part 4 of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
- 2 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 19 December 2025
Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 5 Scoping
- 29 January 2026
- Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 06 March 2026
Marine strategy part one: update
- 7 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Marine strategy part three: 2025 UK programme of measures
- 29 January 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Marine environment: unexploded ordnance clearance Joint Position Statement
- 21 January 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Marine Management Organisation, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Natural England, The Scottish Government, Natural Resources Wales, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Policy paper

MMO Climate Change Adaptation Report
- 5 December 2024
- Marine Management Organisation
- Corporate report
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) implementation reports
- 10 October 2023
- Marine Management Organisation
- Corporate report
Able Marine Energy Park variation 3
- 2 August 2023
- Marine Management Organisation
- Transparency
The Port of Swansea (Tidal Lagoon) Harbour Revision Order
- 27 July 2023
- Marine Management Organisation
- Transparency
The Port of Neath (Tidal Lagoon) Harbour Revision Order
- 27 July 2023
- Marine Management Organisation
- Transparency