UK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations: Fisheries

Author: James Harrison, Damon Davies, Anna Brand, Iain Thom, Iain McIver

PDF Published: Tuesday 21 Apr 2020 (SB 20-31)

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- Executive Summary
- Author contributions
- Key Terms
- 1. Background: the Common Fisheries Policy and Brexit
- 2. Relevant rules of international law relating to the conservation and management of shared fish stocks
- 3. The Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration
  - 3.1 The Withdrawal Agreement and fisheries relations during the transition period
  - 3.2 The Political Declaration and the future fisheries relationship
- 4. The EU and UK negotiating mandates
  - 4.1 The EU Negotiating Mandate
  - 4.2 The UK Negotiating priorities
- 5. What is at stake for the UK?
  - 5.1 The economic value of fishing in the UK & Scotland
  - 5.2 The social and cultural value of fishing in the UK & Scotland
  - 5.3 The environmental importance of fisheries negotiations
- 6. Elements of a Future UK-EU Fisheries Agreement
  - 6.1 Shared Values and Principles
  - 6.2 Process for agreeing on quota and other conservation and management measures in relation to transboundary stocks
  - 6.3 Access arrangements
  - 6.4 Scientific cooperation
  - 6.5 Monitoring, control and enforcement of fishing vessels
  - 6.6 Institutional arrangements
  - 6.7 Dispute settlement
- 7. Relationship between a Future UK-EU Fisheries Agreement and a Future UK-EU Free Trade Agreement
- 8. Existing EU fisheries agreements with third countries
  - 8.1 EU – Norway Fisheries Relations
    
    8.1.1 Background to the EU-Norway Fisheries Agreement
    
    8.1.2 Cooperation in the management of shared stocks
    
    8.1.3 Cooperation in the exchange of fishing opportunities
    
    8.1.4 Other provisions
  - 8.2 EU- Faroes Fisheries Relations
  - 8.3 EU – Iceland Fisheries Relations
  - 8.4 EU- Greenland Fisheries Relations
- 9. The Process for conclusion of a UK-EU Fisheries Agreement
  - 9.1 Approval and ratification by the EU
  - 9.2 Approval and ratification by the UK
- 10. What happens if there is no agreement?
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Image: Proportion of the estimated weights and values of fish and shellfish landed from the UK EEZ by UK, EU, Faroese and Norwegian fishing boats in 2016.

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