Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 53324
Fisheries: Coastal Areas
Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential economic impact of extending fishing access to British waters for EU vessels for a further 12 years on coastal communities.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe 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...
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