Britain is to reject EU demands for a deal on fishing that would give foreign trawlers access to our waters for 25 years. Britain is to reject EU demands for a deal on fishing that would give foreign trawlers access to our waters for 25 years. At the end of the transition period in December, the country will leave the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, which dictates how much British trawlers can catch and where. Fishermen complain they do not get a fair share of what is caught in UK waters. It holds annual negotiations with the EU on access to waters, management of shared stocks and exchanges of quota rights.

Source: Daily Mail February 03, 2020 00:35 UTC