Fisheries

English fisheries landing obligations change

2025-02-05T13:42:00

English fisheries

Marine Management Organisation advises of forthcoming alterations following scientific review and public consultation

The UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed that changes will be made to a number of exemptions to the landing obligation – or so-called “discard ban” – in English waters following a scientific review and public consultation.

Sea Fisheries (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 no.92 were laid before parliament at the end of January and will come in to force on 28 February 2025. The changes mean that from the end of February a number of exemptions to the landing obligation will be removed so fishers will be legally required to land the species that these exemptions covered.

All other exemptions remain in place.

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