The Marine Management Organisation has published a report titled Regional Fisheries Groups - North East 4b, setting out the official extent of the North East 4b fisheries region. The report is dated 16 October 2026 and provides an area overview for regulatory and advisory purposes.
The document describes the region’s seaward reach as running from Berwick in the north to Cleethorpes and the Grimsby port area in the south. It lists the constituent administrative areas that fall within the region.
Geographical sweep
According to the report, the region encompasses the coastal and nearshore waters adjoining Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, North Yorkshire and the East Riding. The description provides the simple north–south bounds and names the counties contained within them.
The MMO’s summary frames the region in terms of those county and local authority areas rather than by any single harbour or harbour complex. The published title and date are the principal identifying details of the release.
Administrative framing
The report gives a concise, named footprint for the North East 4b group that will be used to identify the area covered by the regional fisheries grouping. The MMO’s notice is the formal reference for that footprint.
The item’s headline information, its title and the 16 October 2026 date, accompanies the area overview in the published material. No further operational or policy detail is provided in the notes supplied for this report.
The report therefore serves as a clear, dated statement of the geographical scope of the North East 4b regional fisheries group, with specific north and south limits and a list of the counties included. For stakeholders requiring the formal boundary description, the MMO publication supplies the necessary identifying title and date.
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