Marine Management Organisation
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 April 2010 |
| Jurisdiction | England |
| Headquarters | Newcastle, England |
| Employees | 286 (2016) |
| Annual budget | £31 million (2013) |
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| Parent agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Website | www.gov.uk/mmo |
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom established under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The MMO exists to make a significant contribution to sustainable development in the marine area, and to promote the UK government’s vision for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas. The MMO aims to focus all of its activities and resources to meet its mission of enabling sustainable growth in the UK's marine area through 5 strategic outcomes:
The MMO is independent of government as an non-departmental public body (NDPB). Its powers enable it to set up a marine planning system and a marine licensing regime, manage UK fishing fleet capacity and UK fisheries quotas, work with Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) to create and manage a network of marine protected areas (Marine Conservation Zones and European marine sites) designed to preserve vulnerable habitats and species in UK marine waters, respond to marine emergencies alongside other agencies, and develop an internationally recognised centre of excellence for marine information that supports its decision-making process.
The equivalent organisation under the jurisdiction of the Scottish Government is Marine Scotland.
The MMO was established on 1 April 2010 by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The MMO incorporated the work of the Marine and Fisheries Agency and acquired several important new roles, principally marine planning and other marine-related powers and specific functions previously associated with the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Transport, including harbour orders and works related to renewable energy installations.
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