UK fishermen may not win their “waters back” after Brexit, according to a leaked European Union (EU) document seen by The Guardian. Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Baroness Parminter said: “Yet another of the leave campaign’s Provisions in the UK’s “exit agreement” include a draft specification that there will be “no increase to the UK’s share of fishing opportunities for jointly fished stocks [maintaining the existing quota distribution in UK and EU waters]”. In other words, if Britain leaves the EU, it won’t get any more access to British waters. The report also implies that the UK’s access to the EU market will be conditional on continued adherence to the common fisheries policy (CFP).
UK fishermen may not win their “waters back” after Brexit, according to a leaked European Union (EU) document seen by The Guardian. Provisions in the UK’s “exit agreement” include a draft specification that there will be “no increase to the UK’s share of fishing opportunities for jointly fished stocks [maintaining the existing quota distribution in UK and EU waters]”. In other words, if Britain leaves the EU, it won’t get any more access to British waters. The report also implies that the UK’s access to the EU market will be conditional on continued adherence to the common fisheries policy (CFP).