Consultation on the draft Marine Bill
The consultation is now closed, thank you to all those that responded. All responses received by the close of the public consultation will be included in the official list of respondents and a summary of those responses will be published on the Defra website in due course. All non-confidential responses will also be made available for public scrutiny through the Defra Information Resource Centre.
The Draft Marine Bill was published on 3 April 2008. We were seeking your views on the proposals set out in the draft Bill and input to the supporting Impact Assessment.
The key issues covered are:
- the creation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO);
- planning in the marine area;
- licensing activities in the marine area;
- marine nature conservation;
- managing marine fisheries;
- reform of inland and migratory fisheries;
- modernisation and streamlining of enforcement powers;
- administrative penalties scheme for domestic fisheries offences; and
- access to coastal land.
The deadline for responses was 26 June 2008.
The following material was published as part of the consultation:
Additional information about the Marine Bill - including factsheets, leaflets and the latest Marine Bill newsletter - is available in the Marine Bill section of this website.
Printed copies of the draft Bill document can still be purchased from The Stationery Office:
- Draft Marine Bill: £72.00, ISBN 978-0-10-173512-4
To purchase copies, go to:
- http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/;
- TSO’s Bookshops in London, Belfast or Edinburgh;
- e-mail bookorders@tso.co.uk or
- phone +44 (0) 870 600 5522.
Hearing and speech impaired customers can also communicate via text telephone on +44 (0)870 240 3701.
The TSO Customer Service Centre is open from 09.00 to 17.00 Monday to Friday.
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Page last modified: 27 June 2008
Page published: 3 April 2008