Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 13 April 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2018. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 April 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Fisheries Convention

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the 1964 London Fisheries convention will cease to apply to the UK; and from that date all EU fishing vessels will be excluded from the UK's 6 to 12 nautical miles zone.

Answer: The 1964 London Fisheries Convention will cease to apply to the UK on 2 July 2019. During the implementation period, current access arrangements will continue, including access to the 6 to 12 nautical miles zone where permitted under current EU rules. After 2020, we will decide who can access our waters and on what terms. Any decisions about giving access to vessels from the EU, and other coastal states, to our waters will then be a matter for negotiation.

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