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Fisheries Bilateral Agreements

Fisheries Bilateral Agreements are annual negotiations led by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs to set UK fishing opportunities and quotas with neighbouring nations including the EU, Faroe Islands, and Norway. These agreements cover key stocks such as North-East Atlantic mackerel and blue whiting and are essential post-Brexit arrangements for managing shared fish resources.

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2026

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3 Feb 2026 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Fisheries: agreed records of consultations and distribution reports for North-East Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting and Norwegian spring spawning herring 2026

Reports from stock distribution working groups and agreed records of annual consultations on the management of Norwegian spring spawning herring, blue whiting and mackerel in the North-East Atlantic.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Report of the coastal States working group on t… (76pp)
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↓ Report of the coastal States working group on the distribut… (72pp) ↓ Report of the coastal States working group on the distribut… (97pp) ↓ Agreed records of fisheries consultations on the management… (6pp) ↓ Agreed records of fisheries consultations on the management… (5pp) ↓ Agreed record of fisheries consultations between the Faroe … (6pp) ↓ Agreed record of fisheries consultations between Norway and… (7pp) ↓ Agreed record of fisheries consultations between the Faroe … (6pp)

2025

3 events
12 Jun 2025 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Fisheries: memorandum of understanding between Defra (UK) and DFO (Canada)

A MoU between Department of Fisheries and Oceans of Canada (DFO) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) on enhancing bilateral co-operation on global fisheries and …

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Memorandum of Understanding on enhancing bilate… (3pp)
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↓ Memorandum of Understanding on enhancing bilateral co-opera… (4pp)

2024

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17 Jun 2024 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Fisheries: agreed records of consultations and distribution reports for North East Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting and herring

Reports from stock distribution working groups and agreed records of annual consultations on the management of Norwegian spring spawning herring, blue whiting and mackerel in the North-East Atlantic.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ 17 June 2024: Agreed record of fisheries consul… (7pp)
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↓ 17 June 2024: Agreed record of fisheries consultations betw… (7pp) ↓ 17 June 2024: Agreed record of fisheries consultations betw… (3pp) ↓ Agreed record of Coastal State consultations on mackerel i… (4pp) ↓ Agreed record of Coastal State consultations on blue whitin… (7pp) ↓ Agreed record of Coastal State consultations on Norwegian s… (6pp) ↓ Report of the 2023 Coastal States Working Group on the dis… (115pp) ↓ Report of the 2023 Coastal States Working Group on the dist… (83pp) ↓ Report of the 2023 Coastal States Working Group on the dist… (82pp)
23 Feb 2024 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Pollack in western waters

UIN: HCWS288 Background The UK, as an independent coastal state, participates in bilateral, trilateral and multilateral fisheries negotiations. In these negotiations, the UK strives to improve the sustainable management of fisheries and support our fishing industry in...

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23 Feb 2024 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Pollack in western waters

UIN: HLWS282 My Right Honourable friend the Minister of State (Mark Spencer) has made the following Statement.Background The UK, as an independent coastal state, participates in bilateral, trilateral and multilateral fisheries negotiations. In these negotiations, the ...

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2023

3 events
16 Nov 2023 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Fisheries: agreed records of consultations and distribution reports for North East Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting and herring for 2023

Reports from stock distribution working groups and agreed records of annual consultations on the management of Norwegian spring spawning herring, blue whiting and mackerel in the North-East Atlantic.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Agreed record of fisheries consultations betwee… (5pp)
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↓ Chair’s report on consultations for a quota-sharing arrange… ↓ Agreed record of Coastal State consultations on mackerel in… (5pp) ↓ Agreed record of Coastal State consultations on Norwegian s… (8pp) ↓ Agreed record of Coastal State consultations on blue whitin… (10pp) ↓ Report of the 2022 Coastal States Working Group on the dis… (105pp) ↓ Report of the 2022 Coastal States Working Group on the dist… (83pp) ↓ Updated report of the 2022 Coastal States Working Group on … (74pp)

2022

5 events
6 Jan 2022 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Update on annual fisheries negotiations

UIN: HCWS521 The UK and EU have now reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for the 2022 fishing year. This is the second time the UK has entered into bilateral negotiations with the EU as an independent coastal State, following …

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6 Jan 2022 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Update on annual fisheries negotiations

UIN: HLWS507 My Hon Friend the Minister of State (Victoria Prentis) has today made the following statementThe UK and EU have now reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for the 2022 fishing year. This is the second time the UK …

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2021

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10 Jun 2021 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Update on fisheries

UIN: HLWS82 My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food) (Victoria Prentis) has made the following Statement.Update on fisheries - conclusion of annual fisheries negotiations The UK and EU have now reached an …

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