Sunday, 2 July 2017

UK pulls out of international fishing deal

UK pulls out of international fishing deal

The UK is to pull out of an agreement that allows foreign countries to fish in British waters. Ministers will trigger the withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention, which was signed in 1964 before the UK joined the European Union, starting the two-year process of leaving the agreement. Under the convention, vessels from France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands can fish within six and 12 nautical miles of the UK's coastline.
Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/uk-pulls-out-of-london-fisheries-convention-to-stop-countries-fishing-in-british-waters-10934022?source=Snapzu

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