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Consultations open for final four Defra-led FMPs

Posted by: FMP policy team, Defra and FMP communications team, Posted on: 10 February 2026 - Categories: - Defra led FMPs, Public consultation
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Consultations are now live. Find out what’s proposed, share your views and get involved at upcoming events

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Two years of fisheries management plans: progress and what’s next

Posted by: FMP policy team, Defra, Posted on: 23 December 2025 - Categories: - Defra led FMPs
Two wooden signs directing towards 2025 and the 2026 representing the past and future.

From collaboration to action, FMPs are transforming fisheries management—see what’s been achieved and what’s coming up.

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Five new FMPs published today

Posted by: FMP policy team, Defra, Posted on: 16 December 2025 - Categories: - Defra led FMPs, Publication
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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.

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Have your say on fisheries management

Joint UK FMP consultation closes 14 October 2026 on:

  • 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

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