Jan 23rd, 2025
2 mins
Defra have announced that the UK fishing industry will have access to 150,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities following the conclusion of annual fishing negotiations with the EU. This is an increase of 15,000 tonnes versus 2024 and is worth up to £360 million for the industry.
The announcement followed the UK’s trilateral agreement with the EU and Norway, which secured UK fisheries 290,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities in the North Sea and surrounding waters.
It is also on top of 280,000 tonnes, worth around £240 million, from catch limits agreed earlier in 2024 on widely distributed stocks with coastal States in the northeast Atlantic.
In total, this brings fishing opportunities secured for the UK fleet in 2025 in the main negotiating forums to 720,000 tonnes, worth up to £890 million based on historic landing prices.
From these three negotiating forums, the UK has gained up to 120,000 tonnes more quota from the 2025 annual negotiations than it would have as an EU member state.
More detail, including links to the agreed records for the negotiations can be found here.
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