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FMP events in 2025
On this page, we’ll share a list of FMP events taking place in 2025. Come back for updates.
Events are listed starting with the most recent and upcoming events and include:
- the date and time 📅
- location 📍or online 💻
- who is hosting the event 🗣️
- a short description of what to expect
If you see a link, click it for more details - it may take you to a blog post, recording or booking page.
Coming up
📅 4 June 16:00-18:00 💻 Online 🗣️ MMO
MMO invites stakeholders to an online meeting about the bass authorisation review in relation to goal 2 of the bass FMP .
Discussions will be around track records, transfer process, gears and more.
Join to share your views- get more information and your joining link here.
📅 5 June 10:00-12:00 💻 Online 🗣️ Scottish Government's Marine Directorate
Meeting to review and give feedback on the current drafts of the North Sea Nephrops FMP and West Coast of Scotland Nephrops FMP. Stakeholder input will help inform the plans ahead of formal consultation.
Contact FMPs@gov.scot to reserve a place on this session for environmental non-governmental organisations (eNGO).
Please note that separate industry and eNGO sessions are being held to allow for free and frank discussion.
More events will be listed soon!
Past events
📅 January - February 🗣️ MMO
The following locations were visited to discuss the development of the wrasses complex FMP and seabream FMP
📍Mudeford, Broadstone, Littlehampton, Shoreham by Sea, Plymouth, Mevagissey, Falmouth, Mylor, Newlyn, Padstow, Lyme Regis, Weymouth and online
📅 20 February 💻 Online 🗣️Scottish Government's Marine Directorate
Workshop to discuss Scottish-led demersal FMPs. See our blog post for more details on the demersal species covered.
📅 18 March 📍London 💻 Hybrid 🗣️ Defra
Defra hosted an interactive event to share updates and insights from different research and development (R&D) projects which are currently working to address evidence gaps within the UK's FMPs.
📅 March 🗣️ MMO
The following locations were visited to discuss the development of the Celtic Sea and Western Channel demersal FMP 🗣️ MMO
📍Brixham, Plymouth, Mevagissey, Newlyn, Padstow, Ilfracombe and online
📅 February - May 🗣️ MMO
The following locations were visited to discuss the bass authorisation review in relation to goal 2 of the bass FMP.
North-west 📍Barrow-in-Furness, Lytham St Annes, Liverpool
North-east 📍Bridlington
East📍Wells, Southwold, Harwich, West Mersea, Whitstable
South and south-east📍Rye, Eastbourne, Shoreham, Portsmouth, Poole
South-west 📍Brixham, Plymouth, Mevagissey, Newlyn, Lyme Regis
📅 29 May 💻 Online 🗣️ Scottish Government's Marine Directorate
Meeting to review and give feedback on the current drafts of the North Sea Nephrops FMP and West Coast of Scotland Nephrops FMP. (Session for commercial fishing stakeholders (includes harvesting, processing, and marketing stakeholders).
See our past events- FMP events in 2024 – Fisheries Management Plans
