At the 23rd Eastern IFCA meeting on the 27th April 2016, the Shrimp Byelaw 2016 was made.   The intention of the byelaw is to require commercial fishersRead More >

At the 6th Regulatory and Compliance Sub-Committee meeting on the 24th February 2016, the Marine Protected Areas Byelaw 2016 was made.   The intention of the byelaw is toRead More >

MMO consultations were received for Race Bank offshore wind farm, North Norfolk in preparation for project construction. Applications have been submitted for sand wave levelling and drill arisingRead 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 >

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 >

Consultation is now live for the second tranche of Marine Conservation Zones. If you would like more information on how to be part of the consultation please seeRead More >

Eastern IFCA has responded to applications for marine licences (MLA/2014/00276, MLA/2014/00291 and MLA/2014/00292) by Centrica, and its partners GLID Wind Farms TopCo Ltd and Lincs Wind Farm Limited,Read More >

Eastern IFCA has responded to the Environment Agency’s pre-application for a marine licence (MLP/2014/00263) for its Mablethorpe to Skegness sea defence, or “Lincshore”, project. In its role asRead More >

Defra have recently been consulting on domestic fisheries reform in England, one of the key issues being access for the smaller-scale fleet. This is particularly relevant to theRead More >