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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