European Union-UK reach deal on quota for common fisheries stock

The European Union said on Wednesday that it reached a fisheries deal with the United Kingdom on their shared stocks, but environmentalists insisted that even after Brexit takes hold, fish will continue to be overexploited.

The agreement stood apart from the spat between France and Britain over licenses for French fishermen to operate off the UK’s crown dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey, which hug the French coast.

Wednesday’s decision reverts back to last year’s trade deal between France and the UK and sets catch quotas and rights for about 100 shared fish stocks in each other’s waters.

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