Report | June 3, 2020
Recommendations for the EU-UK Fisheries Agreement
The EU-UK fisheries agreement negotiations are expected to start early in March and to be concluded and ratified by 1 July 2020 in order to allow enough time for determining catch limits and fishing quotas for the first year after the Brexit transition period. The future agreement would be unprecedented in scope and cover over 100 shared fish stocks, with majority of UK-caught fish destined for the EU single market.
Any such agreement should be negotiated in the wider context of the climate and ecological emergency and should be guided by the spirit of the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and international ocean governance commitments such as the Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The EU and the UK must become constructive partners in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss, because only international cooperation with common objectives, transparency and accountability may address those transborder issues.

