Tag: fishing waters

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Four Royal Navy patrol ships ready as of January to protect UK's fishing waters

  

  The British Ministry of Defense said four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready on Jan 1 to help protect Britain’s fishing waters in the event of a post Brexit no deal.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  UK recovers full control of its fishing waters; automatic rights for EU vessels revoked

  

  The UK’s first major domestic fisheries legislation in nearly 40 years passed into law. The Fisheries Act 2020 gives the UK full control of its fishing waters for the first time since 1973. The Fisheries Act will enable UK to control who fishes in British waters through a new foreign vessel licensing regime and ends the current automatic rights for EU vessels to fish in UK waters.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Boris Johnson tells EC president it will insist on “maintaining control of UK fishing waters”

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen that Britain would insist on “maintaining control of UK fishing waters” after it leaves the EU, setting up a big clash with Brussels as the two sides prepare for testing negotiations after Brexit.

• Thursday, January 24th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  EU fishermen compensations if UK blocks access to fishing waters in a “no deal Brexit”

  

  European Union fishermen will be eligible for compensation if the UK blocks access to its fishing waters in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday. The EU executive tabled an amendment to its rules on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, which provides financial support to coastal communities and fishermen, enabling them to be compensated if the UK prevents them from fishing its waters.