EU vessels will have to obtain a licence each year to fish in UK waters from January 2021, according to the draft UK negotiating document published on Tuesday 19 May, which confirms explosive negotiations on this dossier (see EUROPE B12421A4).
The UK has published a draft text ‘For a Fisheries Framework Agreement Between the UK and the EU’. The political declaration signed by the EU and Boris Johnson states that the parties want to reach an agreement on fisheries before...