Fisheries: UK-EU future relationship negotiations

The UK is in the process of negotiating its future relationship with the EU, inlcuding fisheries, follwoing Brexit.

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https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8927/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8927/
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Friday, May 29, 2020
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Brexit, Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom, Withdrawal from the European Union, Disaster preparedness, Negotiation, Decades, European Union, Common Fisheries Policy
Summary
Key Points: 
  • The UK is in the process of negotiating its future relationship with the EU, inlcuding fisheries, follwoing Brexit.
  • This will include setting total allowable catches (TACs), distributing quotas and determining who has access to fisheries.
  • Future fishing opportunities would be based on the principle of zonal attachment, similar to the EUs fisheries agreement with Norway.
  • For an overview of the negotiations to date please see Commons Briefing Paper The UK-EU future relationship: the March 2020 EU draft treaty and negotiations update.
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