Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 59831

Fisheries: Seas and Oceans

Tabled: 13 June 2025

Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the share of fishing opportunities in UK waters for British fishers.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The new UK-EU agreement signed on 19 May ensures retention of the quota uplift agreed in the Brexit deal, which transferred part of the EU quota shares to the UK’s fleet and was worth £175m in fishing opportunities in 2025. The UK’s shares for jointly man...

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