Maria Caulfield, MP for Lewes, thrilled to announce increased fishing opportunities worth £750 million.
The UK fishing industry will benefit from 140,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities worth over £280 million in 2023 after the UK reached an agreement on the 20th December, 2022, with the EU.
This brings the total value of fishing opportunities secured for the UK fleet in 2023 in the three main negotiation forums to £750 million, a £34 million increase from last year.
In the third year of annual fisheries negotiations with the UK operating as an independent coastal state, the UK and EU today agreed catch levels for 69 important fish stocks. This included some of the most commercially valuable stocks to the UK fishing industry such as North Sea Nephrops (£54m), Anglerfish (£31m) and Western hake (£25m).
Throughout the negotiations, the UK Government has worked closely with the devolved administrations to ensure fishing communities across the UK will benefit from the agreement.
Maria Caulfield MP said:
“I am very pleased the government has introduced increased fishing opportunities worth £750 million. I know this will be welcome in Newhaven where there are a large number of fisherman who I regularly meet with and who have been struggling, particularly during covid.
On top of the millions of pounds going into the fishing industry in Newhaven, the Conservative Government are backing the fishing industry across the country to succeed so that our fishing industry thrives for generations to come.”