Nina Carberry, who was elected as an Irish representative to the E.U. Parliament over the summer and now sits on the parliament’s trade committee, wants to review the U.K.-E.U. Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to ensure greater access for Irish trawlers in British waters.
The TCA was signed after Brexit, and entered into force on 1 January 2021. The U.K. and E.U. later concluded negotiations in June 2021 over catch limits for jointly managed fish stocks.
“Under the U.K.-E.U. TCA agreed in 2021, 25 percent of the overall existing E.U. quota in U.K. waters is being transferred to the U.K. over a five-and-a-half-year transition period to June 2026,” a spokesperson for Carberry told SeafoodSource. “This percentage figure will be up for review next year when the entire TCA will be revisited by both parties. In this discussion, Carberry will be advocating that the E.U. and, by extension, Ireland get increased access to U.K. territorial waters. As a member of the Parliament’s trade committee, Carberry will have an opportunity to put forward this case as part of the Parliament’s position on the overall revised agreement.”
Irish fishery representative groups like the Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO) have criticized what they said is an unfair burden ...
