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  • Map showing how England's inshore and offshore waters have been split into 11 marine plan areas.

  • Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.

  • Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.

  • Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.

  • Water safety information advising how to stay safe while visiting our waterways.

  • How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.

  • Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds, in the East of England.

  • How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.

  • Marine Management Organisation guidance on the environmental benefits of advanced mooring systems over traditional moorings, as well as the consent and marine licencing process.

  • How marine non-licensable activities are assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPAs).

  • Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Berwick to St. Mary's, in the North East of England.

  • Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Holderness Inshore, in the East of England.

  • Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.

  • Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch

  • How different types of fishing gear must be marked, what you must do if you lose your fishing gear, how to report lost fishing gear.

  • The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.

  • Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.

  • A document outlining standards to be met by organisations delivering Tier 2 response services in the UK.

  • Information on the UK's implementation of Data Collection Framework legislation (as amended in retained EU law)

  • Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Beachy Head East, in the South East of England.