Belgium dusts off 1666 charter issued by King Charles II to support its fishing rights in British waters

Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 07:24 UTC

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Belgium may resort to a 17th-century charter granted by a British king to retain fishing rights in Britain’s coastal waters if London and the European Union fail to agree on a trade deal by the end of this year. Read full article

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Capt Rockhopper
And if the current Monarch says no, what are they going to do about it?
Oct 23rd, 2020 - 04:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
Unfortunately for the Cloggy Froggys, these ancient agreements and historical rights don’t work in modern international law.

Under modern international law the “coastal state” is solely responsible for the setting of TACs and quotas. So if they can find a court that will hear the case and it rules in their favour, it can’t give them any quota.

They may have the right to go there, but hang so much as a fishing line over the side and they’re nicked, BIG fine, thank you.
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