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Marine Management Organisation

MMO
Part of:Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) was created in 2009 by the Marine and Coastal Access Act. MMO is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) was created in 2009 by the Marine and Coastal Access Act. MMO is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .

Senior Staff

Les Philpott
Chair, MMO
Elysia McCaffrey
Chief Executive Officer, MMO
Paul Errington
Acting Director of Strategy and Transformation, MMO
Pete Redfern
Acting Director of Planning and Change, MMO
Michael Coyle
Acting Director of Digital and Analysis, MMO
Peter Clark
Director of Operations, MMO
Trudi Clarke
Director of Marine Development
Tony Delahunty OBE
Deputy Chair, MMO
Laura Dance
Non-executive Board Member, MMO
Terry Jones
Non-executive Board Member, MMO
Mark Ripley
Non-executive Board Member, MMO
Peter Judge
Non-executive Board Member, MMO
Professor Dame Judith Petts
Non-executive Board Member, MMO
Rob Wilson
Non-executive Board Member, MMO

Latest Publications

Appointment made to the Marine Management Organisation Board
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MMO steps up activities to protect vulnerable seahorse species
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Major milestone for Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA)
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Installation of Nemo I-VMS devices has begun
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UK’s growing bluefin tuna fishery opens for 2026
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Latest Fisheries and Seafood Scheme funding round reaches three-month milestone
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