EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing Industry

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:37 am on 14 January 2021.

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Photo of George Eustice George Eustice The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 10:37, 14 January 2021

I do not agree with that. As I said earlier, we do recognise that fishermen would have liked a larger uplift, and we absolutely recognise that throughout the negotiation we were arguing for a move to a share that was closer to zonal attachment, but this does represent a significant step in the right direction, with a 25% loss of what the EU currently catches in our waters, and that will bring additional fishing opportunities to our own sector.