Rules on access of EU fishing vessels to UK waters. The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), applicable on a provisional basis from 1 January 2021. ...
Half of fish in local waters landed by EU vessels. More than half of the fish and shellfish caught in Shetland waters is landed by EU fishing boats, while the local fleet gets less than ...
EU vessels landing even more fish from UK waters. EU fishing vessels have been increasing the amount of fish they catch in UK waters at a much faster rate than the UK’s own boats. Analysis ...
EU demands fishing rights in British waters as price for all-UK Brexit backstop. European Union fishing fleets must be given wide-ranging access to British coastal waters as the price of agreeing an all-UK Brexit divorce ...
New financial support for UK fishing businesses that export to EU. Seafood exporters across the UK will receive government funding of up to £23 million, to support businesses which have been most adversely affected by ...
Seafood trade under the EU-UK Agreement. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement means new rules on how we trade seafood with the EU. 2021.This affects customs, tariffs, VAT and labelling. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement ...
EU and Greenland reach fisheries agreement. On 8 January 2021, the EU and Greenland concluded negotiations for a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) and a new Protocol that will strengthen their cooperation in the ...
Protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems in deep-sea waters. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) releases advice on areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur in European ...
ClientEarth – EU fishing agreement ‘falls short’. Fisheries experts at environmental law charity ClientEarth have said the agreement reached by EU ministers on fishing limits for 2021 in the Northeast Atlantic still falls short of what ...
No Deal Looms Without a Major Shift on Fish as Negotiations Remain on knife-edge The BBC last night reported that: “Talks to reach a post-Brexit trade deal are in a “serious situation”, Boris Johnson said ...
EU contingency plans for fishing – statement from Scottish Fishermen’s Federation. Elspeth Macdonald, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF), said: “If there is no Fisheries Agreement in place by the end of this year, the ...
SFF priorities for Fisheries Agreement between UK and EU The UK’s departure from the EU and its Common Fisheries Policy allows the UK to become an independent coastal state, and to control access to our ...
European fishers urge caution on windfarm development. As part of the Green Deal, the European Commission has announced the goal to increase the EU’s offshore energy production twenty times to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. ...
Fishing centre stage in EU negotiations. Negotiations with the EU have bounced back centre stage, as time to reach an agreement of the UK’s future relationship with the EU runs out. Both parties have said ...
Renowned aquanaut, Ocean explorer and environmentalist Fabien Cousteau–grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau–announces today his vision for PROTEUS™, the world’s most advanced underwater scientific research station and habitat to address humanity’s most critical concerns: medicinal discoveries, food ...
EU extends fisheries protocol with Mauritania. The EU is actively promoting sustainable fisheries around the world. In this context, the EU has on 7 July extended the protocol to the existing Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) ...
UK fishers accuse EU of using ‘nuclear option’ in Brexit talks. The UK’s fishing industry has accused the EU of using a “nuclear option” to secure a Brexit deal, warning that it is prepared for blockades by ...
European Fisheries Control Agency adopts annual report. The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) Administrative Board recently adopted the agency’s Annual Report for 2019. The agency supported the Member States and the European Commission in the ...
NFFO Update on UK-EU Negotiations – After last week’s round of negotiations, Michel Barnier singled out fisheries as one of the areas where insufficient progress is being made towards the point at the end of ...
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