Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to ensure that, following the UK's departure from the EU, fishing in British waters will be brought under the control of the UK.

The UK Government is committed to withdrawing from the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and putting a new fisheries regime in place. No decisions have yet been taken, although the Government remains committed to sustainable fisheries and the Discard Ban (Landing Obligation), as set out in its manifesto commitments.

The UK is bound by international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which gives coastal states rights and responsibilities over their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the resources within it.