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The bilateral fisheries agreement negotiations between Norway and the United Kingdom that ended with no deal reached between the two nations on Thursday, 29 April has sparked uproar in the regional seafood industry.
While both sides said that they worked hard to secure a deal, the countries said their positions continued to be too far apart to reach an agreement for 2021. Talks had been ongoing since January.
According to the United Kingdom’s National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), this outcome means that U.K. vessels will have no access to fish in Norwegian waters, north or south of 62
Black day for Hull fishermen without work as government fails to land deal with Norway
UK Fisheries said this is a very black day for Britain
UK fisheries trawler Kirkella docked at King George Dock, Hull. (Image: Peter Harbour)
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Hundreds of Hull fisherman have been left without work after the government failed to land a fishing deal with Norway.
The owners of a supertrawler have hit out at the collapse of fishing talks with Norway, which has left hundreds of crewmen without work.
The failure to reach a deal means fish and chip shops will be selling Arctic cod imported from Norway rather than landed in Britain, UK Fisheries said.
Its giant vessel Kirkella, which normally catches around 10% of all the fish sold in the UKâs chip shops, is now tied up in Hull without any viable long-term opportunities.
But to provide British fish for chippies, the Kirkella needs access to quotas from the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Norway.