UK Gives EU Boats 12 More Years of Access to Its Fishing Waters
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CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterThe UK-EU Summit Common Understanding of 19 May 2025 notes 'the political agreements leading to full reciprocal access to waters to fish until 30 June 2038'; the end is the exclusive boundary after that day.[1]
At their 19 May 2025 summit the UK and EU agreed full reciprocal access to each other's fishing waters until 30 June 2038, a 12-year extension that replaces annual access talks, as part of a reset that also eases food and shellfish exports.