Asked by: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on fishing quota levels for (a) cod, (b) haddock, (c) coley, (d) monkfish, (e) prawn, (f) halibut, (g) mackerel, (h) herring and (i) whiting of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by George Eustice
The UK position is that Total Allowable Catches (TAC) for all species should be should be set in line with the science to ensure we have sustainable fisheries. On leaving the EU, the UK will become an independent coastal state with responsibility for managing its EEZ and this will be an opportunity to reach new agreements on access arrangements and the UK share of the TAC for some species.