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Whelk FMP explained: goals, benefits and updates

Posted by: ​​Regional Fisheries Groups team, Marine Management Organisation​, Posted on: 23 July 2025 - Categories: - Defra led FMPs, Implementation
Promotional graphic for 'Whelk FMP in English Waters' discussing goals and updates with diagrams and text overlays.

Learn about the whelk FMP, its goals, and latest updates through new infographics and video, from the MMO and RFGs.

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Dive into FMPs: a look at governance in fisheries management plans

Posted by: Nicola Lewellen - FMP Engagement and Communications, Posted on: 16 July 2025 - Categories: - Defra led FMPs
Diagram titled 'Dive into FMPs' featuring three interconnected circles. The central circle is labelled 'Governance' with a symbol of a gavel. The left circle includes a microscope icon with text 'Partners and experts', and the right circle shows two figures in conversation, labelled 'Stakeholder engagement'.

Are you curious about who shapes FMPs? In part one of our new series, discover who’s who in our governance and their role in influencing sustainable fisheries.

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Bass Management Group: progress, priorities and transparency

Posted by: Peter Elliott – Policy Advisor, Defra, Posted on: 26 June 2025 - Categories: - Defra led FMPs, Implementation

The latest meeting of the Bass Management Group reviewed progress and looked at priorities. Also find out about the new GOV.UK page for meeting minutes.

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Joint UK FMP consultation closes 14 October 2026:

  • North Sea herring
  • West Coast of Scotland (and Clyde) herring
  • Atlanto-Scandian herring
  • Northern Shelf mackerel
  • Northern Shelf blue whiting

Joint UK FMP consultations close 21 October 2026:

  • Irish Sea pelagic (herring) FMP
  • Irish Sea demersal FMP

Joint UK FMP consultation closes 10 November 2026:

  • North Sea greater silver smelt
  • West of Scotland greater silver smelt
  • North Sea horse mackerel

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