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Fisheries: Territorial Waters

Commons · Question 53329 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the potential financial impact of the extension of EU access to fish in British territorial waters to June 2038 on the fishing sector in each region.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 2 Jun 2025

The new UK-EU fisheries agreement announced on 19 May will continue the current access arrangements in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, under which the UK grants access to around 1,600 EU registered vessels to fish in UK waters, of which 154 vessels h...