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Brexit Britain will lead world in green fishing, UK claims, as EU accused of massive overfishing
Report accuses EU governments of ignoring scientific advice on fishing limits during talks in Brussels
Brexiteers argued that the British fishing industry was crippled by membership of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy.
Britain will lead the world in sustainable fishing once it leaves the Brexit transition period and the Common Fisheries Policy, UK officials said on Wednesday, as the EU was accused of overfishing nearly nine million tonnes of fish.
EU governments have regularly awarded themselves catch levels far higher than scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea during yearly intra-bloc negotiations about annual fishing limits in Brussels.
The EU, including the UK, has overfished 8.78 million tonnes of fish in the last two decades, despite passing a law to end overfishing by 2020, a report by Our Fish and the New Economics Foundation said.
Britain and the EU are deeply divided over fisheries in the deadlocked Brexit trade negotiations. Brussels wants to preserve EU boats’ access to UK waters “under existing conditions” and...
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