UK: English crawfish fishery closures in 2024

English crawfish fishery closures in 2024 Building on recent announcements relating to the move to a harmonised MCRS for crawfish and publication of the crab and lobster FMP, Marine Management Organisation (MMO) can now confirm the decision on the proposal to close English waters ICES area 7 for fishing crawfish. Having considered the consultation responses, scientific evidence, socio-economic impacts and relevant legislation and policy, the UK Fisheries Administrations have agreed to introduce a closure of the crawfish fishery for all UK and EU vessels in: This decision was a result of a consultation MMO ran on potential closure options from 13 November to 27 November 2023. MMO received forty responses to the consultation and would like to thank everyone who participated. The closure has been designed to offer protection to crawfish during their spawning season, support future growth in the population, limit the risk of mortality due to fish being caught in poor condition and ...