The European Commission said on Monday 3 July that it noted the decision by the United Kingdom to notify the signatory states of its decision to leave the London Convention on fisheries, which dates from 1964. The UK is looking to recover exclusive control of fishing rights close to its coast, in line with the vote for Brexit.
The London Convention, concluded 53 years ago, before the UK joined the European Economic Community in 1973, authorises fishing in an area between six and twelve...