New Fishing Laws ‘Failing to Help UK Fish Stocks’
A flagship post-Brexit fisheries law is “failing” to deliver a promised revival of fish stocks and coastal communities, the Government has been warned, writes Emily Beament.
MPs, environmentalists and inshore fishermen say the Fisheries Act, brought in after the UK quit the European Union’s fisheries policy, is continuing to allow overfishing and failing to distribute quota to support local communities.
The warning comes after the environmental charity Blue Marine Foundation lost a legal challenge over the law’s requirements to manage fisheries sustainably, as the courts ruled ministers...
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