Policy paper

Concordat on management arrangements for fishing quotas and licensing in the UK

UK Fisheries Administrations have agreed a Concordat on the management of the UK鈥檚 fish quotas and licences.

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
18 May 2012
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Under the Concordat, Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government will each be allocated annually agreed shares of UK quotas for distribution to their fleets.聽 皇冠体育appse allocations will, as now, be based on Fixed Quota Allocation Units (FQAs).聽

皇冠体育appre will, however, be no permanent split of UK quota and fishing vessels will continue to be free to move their operations to another part of the UK.聽

皇冠体育app Concordat also rationalises arrangements for the licensing and administration of fishing vessels, and formalises existing arrangements for the management of the UK鈥檚 fishing effort (days at sea) under the EU Cod Recovery Plan.

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Published 18 May 2012

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