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Before yesterday the future relationship negotiations were at a complete standstill with both sides refusing to move from their respective positions in the battle over future access to Britain’s fishing waters. Sensing his gruelling efforts to find an agreement could fall apart over fishing quotas worth less than £91 million, Lord Frost floated a significant compromise in talks with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier. The proposal would see British fishermen reclaim 35 per cent of the value of fish, worth around £590 million, that European boats now catch in our waters.