Fisheries: Territorial Waters
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the potential financial impact of the extension of EU access to fish in British territorial waters to June 2038 on the fishing sector in each region.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
The new UK-EU fisheries agreement announced on 19 May will continue the current access arrangements in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, under which the UK grants access to around 1,600 EU registered vessels to fish in UK waters, of which 154 vessels have access to parts of the 6-12 nautical mile zone in England and Wales in 2025. A list of EU vessels with access to UK waters is published by the UK Single Issuing Authority.
We are committed to the long-term sustainability and prosperity of the UK fleet and will continue to work closely with the fishing industry and coastal communities to understand their concerns and the impacts of the fishing arrangements announced in the UK-EU summit. We are also launching the Fishing & Coastal Growth Fund investing £360 million over the next 12 years to support the next generation of fishermen and our coastal communities.
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