MMO issues guidance on 2025 technical conservation and landing obligation rules The UK Marine Management Organisation published guidance titled "Technical Conservation and Landing Obligation rules and regulations 2025" on 13 August 2026. The document sets out the application of the 2025 regulations, often described as the discard ban or landing obligation.
What the guidance covers The MMO guidance explains the operation and enforcement of the 2025 technical conservation and landing obligation regulations. The source material supplied to this report identifies four principal topics addressed by the guidance.
Key points from the MMO guidance - How the rules apply. - Selling undersize fish.
- Reporting requirements. - Quota management.
Independent report It does not add new factual detail beyond the published MMO material.