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    1. Your Angling Voice – Fish handling guide

      18 September 2025 11:23

      YourAnglingVoice, an independent consultancy and advocacy service dedicated to championing the recreational angling community, has produced a guide to sea fish handling in UK waters. The guide includesRead More >

    2. Upcoming events on the development of the East Marine Plan

      28 August 2025 13:28

      The Marine Management Organisation invite you to attend an in-person event on the development of the East Marine Plan. The events will be an opportunity to hear aboutRead More >

    3. Wash Cockle Fishery 2025: closed areas update

      06 August 2025 14:52

      As of 0751hrs on Sunday 10 August 2025, the following revisions to closed areas within the Wash Cockle Fishery will come into effect: The high-density juvenile closure onRead More >

    4. Consultation – Mussel Relaying Biosecurity Measures

      06 August 2025 10:38

      On 26 April 2025 the Wash mussel fisheries were closed in response to reports of Chinese Mitten Crab, an Invasive Non-Native Species, being caught alongside mussels. Following aRead More >

    5. I-VMS Licence Condition – 2 months on

      25 July 2025 11:01

      90% of under-12m vessels have now got an I-VMS device installed, with more than 70% of the active fleet regularly transmitting data to the MMO during trips toRead More >

    6. Eastern IFCA surveillance camera use (including drones)

      15 July 2025 11:35

      For the latest information regarding Eastern IFCA’s use of video recording equipment please see the notice here.

    7. Seal strandings

      07 July 2025 10:59

      It has come to our attention that there have been a number of reports of seal strandings on beaches within the Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough CouncilRead More >

    8. 2025 Wash Cockle Fishery Update: measures for the protection of small cockles

      04 July 2025 14:37

      Since 2023, management measures for the Wash cockle fishery have included measures which require the sorting of catch to exclude cockles which are less than 10mm. The measureRead More >

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