MMO Updates on the Octopus Bloom

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has launched a webpage to provide updates on how the MMO is responding to this situation, including access to an octopus reporting portal, data on octopus and shellfish landings, stakeholder engagement activities, an overview of relevant scientific research, and information on available funding.

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July Edition of IFCA Insights is now available

The July Edition of IFCA Insights is now available online. 

IFCA Insights is designed to better connect and communicate the work carried out across England’s ten IFCAs. The Association of IFCAs represents the IFCAs at a national level and the newsletter aims to showcase and highlight the innovation, dedication and impact of IFCAs and share widely their important work to manage inshore fisheries in England.

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Fisherman ordered to pay £15,000 for a breach of Southern IFCA’s Bottom Towed Gear Fishing Gear Byelaw in Southampton Water

On Wednesday 12^th August 2026 at Southampton Magistrates Court, Ryan Tyers pleaded guilty to not having all parts of his
bottom towed fishing gear inboard and above the sea, in contravention of the Southern Inshore Fishing & Conservation Authority (IFCA) Bottom Towed Fishing Gear (BTFG) Byelaw 2023, which requires a person using a vessel which is carrying bottom towed gear within a prohibited area to have all parts of that gear inboard and above the sea.

 

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Solent Dredge Cat A 2026/27 Permits

The application period for the Solent Dredge Cat A Permit for the 2026 – 2027 season (1st November 2026 to 31st October 2027) is now open.






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