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The bilateral fisheries agreement negotiations between Norway and the United Kingdom that ended with no deal reached between the two nations on Thursday, 29 April has sparked uproar in the regional seafood industry.
While both sides said that they worked hard to secure a deal, the countries said their positions continued to be too far apart to reach an agreement for 2021. Talks had been ongoing since January.
According to the United Kingdom’s National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), this outcome means that U.K. vessels will have no access to fish in Norwegian waters, north or south of 62
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Fishermen in Shetland today welcomed the rejection of a deal with Norway.
The failure of the UK and Norway to strike a new fishing deal had been criticised by the UK industry, as it means fleets will have no access to Norway’s waters, known for their cod stocks. However, the Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) said the deal had been brokered by the European Union and heavily skewed against the local pelagic and demersal fleets. SFA chief executive Simon Collins said: “This bring a long-awaited end to past practice in which the EU used to hand substantial amounts of Scottish quota to Norway largely to the benefit of a single foreign multinational that claimed to be English.