Marine Management Organisation

Marine Management Organisation
The logo of the Marine Management Organisation.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body established and given powers under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009[1]. The MMO has incorporated the work of the Marine and Fisheries Agency and acquired several important new roles, principally marine planning and other marine-related powers and specific functions previously associated with the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Transport[2]. The MMO began operating on 1 April 2010[3].

The Acting Chief Executive Officer is James Cross[4] and the Chairman is Sir William (Bill) Callaghan.

References

  1. ^ Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
  2. ^ About the Marine Management Organisation
  3. ^ Press release: Marine Management Organisation formed
  4. ^ James Cross' biography

External links

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v · d · eDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom
Headquarters: Nobel House, Smith Square
Ministers
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Environment · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural and Marine Environment · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs
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