details
- Name
- Marine and Fisheries Agency
- Native name
- Marine and Fisheries Agency
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Changed into
- Marine Management Organisation
- Year
- 2010
organisation profile
The Marine and Fisheries Agency has a wide range of responsibilities and undertakes delivery functions for Defra in a number of areas.
In England and Wales, the Agency has overall responsibility for the enforcement of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and its associated regulations. English and Welsh waters within British Fishery Limits cover approximately 60,000 square miles and extend up to 200 miles from the coast, or to the meridian line with other Member States' waters, where the distance between the countries is less than 200 miles.
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 1577
- Collating centre
- British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)
- Latest update
- 10 February 2017 11:32:53 AM