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ARCHIVE: Marine legislation, policy, regulation and guidance
In this section:
- Fisheries 2027
- Common fisheries policy (CFP)
- International fisheries policy
- Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing regulation
- Sustainable access to inshore fisheries (SAIF)
See also
- Freshwater fisheries policy
- Enforcement (Link to MMO website)
- Statistics (Link to MMO website)
Related documents
In October 2005 Defra published Charting a New Course (PDF 650 KB), setting out how Defra, working with stakeholders, will deliver the policies in Securing the Benefits.
In June 2005, the four UK Fisheries Administrations published Securing the Benefits: the joint UK response to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit Net Benefits report on the future of the fishing industry in the UK (PDF 1.2 MB). A summary of the response (PDF 500 KB) is also available
In March 2004 the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit published its report, Net Benefits: a sustainable and profitable future for UK fishing. This proposed a possible long-term strategy for improving the fortunes of the fishing industry and the communities that depend upon it.
The Government has responded to the wide-ranging Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution twenty-fifth report Turning the Tide: addressing the impact of fisheries on the marine environment. The report made more than 70 recommendations for improving the management of fisheries and the marine environment. Key among these is the need for a new framework for marine management, which the Government is taking forward through development of the Marine Act .
- UK Government response to RCEP's twenty-fifth report (PDF 250 KB)
- The Royal Commission’s report Turning the Tide (PDF Royal Commission website)
Page last modified: 12 February 2009
Page published: 14 December 2007