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Online consultation events, factsheets and video now available

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Book your place on one of our online consultation events- If you can’t make one of our in-person events, this is your chance to give your feedback of the five FMPs being consulted on.

Factsheets and an overview video are now available for these five FMPs - find them on this blog post!

New fisheries management measures: what to expect this December

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Work is being done to implement actions in the published fisheries management plans. Find out the details on new measures coming into force in December.

Book your place on one of our consultation events

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We have launched consultations on five more fisheries management plans- join us at consultation events to have your say on the draft plans.

Live today- FMP and JFS consultations and publication of flatfish FMP

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Today we’ve launched consultations on Defra’s next five draft fisheries management plans, a consultation on amendments to the joint fisheries statement and published the flatfish FMP.

Online surveys to share fisheries management plan views

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We’ve launched two online surveys to support the development of the fisheries management plans for wrasses, black seabream, and demersal stocks in the Celtic Sea and Western Channel.

Beyond publishing: key actions from our first five plans

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Publishing fisheries management plans is just the start. Here are some of the actions we've taken so far for the first five published plans.