North Sea Fishing Limits Agreed With Norway and EU as UK Focus Turns to Access

North Sea Fishing Limits Agreed With Norway and EU as UK Focus Turns to Access
Killer Whales follow a trawler in the fjord of Skjervoy, northern Norway, on Nov. 22, 2021. Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images
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The UK has come to an agreement with Norway and the European Union over how to divide up fish stocks in the North Sea next year.

While fishing groups have welcomed the accord, catch-sector bosses say it does nothing to resolve issues around access to cod-rich Norwegian waters after bilateral talks in the spring between London and Oslo to agree reciprocal rights this year collapsed.