NEW: Fishing groups decry failure to strike 2021 deal with Norway as a “disgrace” & “disaster”. UK Fisheries group say Government was “unable even to maintain the rights we have had to fish in Norwegian waters for decades”.
Say Norway will continue to export cod here tariff free
Say Norway will continue to export cod here tariff free
Defra confirms:
“We put forward a fair offer on access to UK waters and the exchange of fishing quotas, but we have concluded that our positions remain too far apart to reach an agreement this year.”
“We put forward a fair offer on access to UK waters and the exchange of fishing quotas, but we have concluded that our positions remain too far apart to reach an agreement this year.”
Operator of the UK’s biggest fishing vessel, currently in dock in Hull, suggests it may have done its last catch, and that all cod will have to be imported now, after failure to secure deals (apart from Svalbard) in waters fished routinely last year
https://twitter.com/ukfisheriesltd/status/1386615819506003969?s=21
definitely recall deal with Norway having been done months ago, so this is concerning for fishing fleet. deal with EU does offer some fishermen extra catches in UK waters, but theres less access to these other countries, and exports now face significant non tariff barriers too.
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