A national survey is being undertaken by researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory to access the experience and opinions of angling in and around offshore wind farms. The informationRead More >

At the 5th Regulatory and Compliance Sub-Committee on the 17th November 2015 the following byelaws were made for the protection of whelk fisheries: Eastern IFCA Permitting Byelaw EasternRead More >

Application and Exemptions Byelaw – Formal Consultation At the 5th Regulatory and Compliance Sub-Committee on the 17th November 2015 the following byelaw was made: Eastern IFCA Application andRead More >

At its Regulation and Compliance sub-committee on 17th November 2015, the Authority agreed to pursue spatial habitat closures in the Wash and North Norfolk Coast Special Area ofRead More >

MMO consultations were received for proposed dredging and disposal works at Woolverstone Marina, River Orwell. Works include maintenance dredging, capital dredging and disposal in the River Orwell. ARead More >

On the 10th July 2015, Authority officers met with a range of stakeholders to consider the UK east coast brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) trawling fishery and the variousRead More >

Minimum conservation reference size for bass set to increase to 42cm   European member states voted to increase the minimum conservation reference size for bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) toRead More >

On the 25 March 2015, the Council of the European Union introduced a limit on the number of sea bass which can be kept per day by recreationalRead More >

At a meeting of the full Authority on Wednesday 29th April 2015 the introduction of an emergency byelaw to introduce management measures for whelk was approved. The byelawRead More >

A Several Order application has been submitted to Defra by Wash Mussels Ltd for a new mussel fishery in The River Stour, Suffolk. Eastern IFCA and Kent andRead More >