Two years of fisheries management plans: progress and what’s next
From collaboration to action, FMPs are transforming fisheries management—see what’s been achieved and what’s coming up.
Five new FMPs published today
Find out about the newly published plans: cockle, queen scallop, North Sea and Channel sprat, Southern North Sea and Channel skates and rays and Southern North Sea demersal non-quota species.
Lobster size rules are changing – here’s what you need to know
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The lobster MCRS will increase to 90mm in the South West in March 2026 and phased in at 1mm/year in the rest of English waters.
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