Closes 19 Jan 2025 Defra is seeking views on the proposed cockle Fisheries Management Plan (FMP), its policies and proposed actions. They are also seeking views on the likely environmental effects of the FMP, as set out in the environmental report. The cockle FMP sets out a pathway to the long-term sustainable management of the cockle fisheries […]
Closing date 31 January 2025 The Marine Management Organisation is inviting stakeholders to take part in an online survey to help inform two Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) being developed for English waters. The survey covers: Wrasses complex FMP– which includes ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, goldsinny wrasse and rock cook wrasse. Black seabream FMP – which […]
Closes 19 Jan 2025 Defra is seeking views on the proposed queen scallop Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) in English waters, its policies and proposed measures. They are also seeking your views on the likely environmental effects of the FMP, as set out in the environmental report. The queen scallop FMP sets out a pathway to the […]
Consultation closes 20 March 2023 The Scottish Government is consulting on the introduction of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in Scottish waters. Through the Bute House Agreement the Scottish Government has to designate at least 10% of Scotland’s seas as HPMAs by 2026. The intention is that the HPMAs will provide high levels of protection for conservation […]
Consultation close 11:45 pm, 31 January 2023 The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is carrying out a 4 week consultation seeking views on a draft report ‘Review of Consents for Major Infrastructure Projects and Special Protection Areas’. The review is required as a result of new or updated Special Protection Area designations. […]
Closed 6th October 2022 The Department for Transport is seeking views and evidence for the optimal pathway to achieve net zero emissions in 2050 for the domestic maritime sector, and barriers to maritime decarbonisation and the technological, operational and policy options that could be employed to address these barriers. The consultation also provides a space for […]
Closes 28th September 2022 Defra has launched a consultation on proposals to designate pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs), including a candidate site of Allonby Bay, Cumbria. In 2019 the UK Government commissioned an independent review, the Benyon Review, to explore the concept of HPMAs. The Review concluded that they are an essential component of […]
Closes 30th August 2022 Defra is consulting on the proposed principles of marine net gain. They are seeking views, in particular, from marine industries, recreational marine users, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), conservationists, academics, and coastal communities. In their response to the 2018 terrestrial Biodiversity Net Gain consultation, the government stated their intention to develop and consult […]
The Environment Agency has published a summary of responses received to the consultation on the draft Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) 2021 to 2027. FRMPs are statutory plans that set out how to manage flood risk in nationally identified flood risk areas and the consultation ran from October 2021 to January 2022. For more information […]
Survey closes 17th June 2022 The Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP) sets out the Welsh Government’s marine planning policy for the sustainable development of Wales’ marine plan area. The Marine and Fisheries Division of the Welsh Government is now seeking views on: awareness of the WNMP and emerging trends how the WNMP is being used […]