A coalition of British, Irish and Polish fishing companies has launched a fisheries improvement project (FIP) for the Eastern Central North Sea brown crab fishery, responding to sharp stock ...

The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters but the EU is challenging the move.

In a significant moment for post-Brexit relations, lawyers for the European Union have taken Britain to an arbitration tribunal over a ban on sandeel fishing in the North Sea. The case marks the ...

A challenge to Britain's ban on commercial fishing for sandeels in the North Sea has begun in a European court. Sandeels are ...

The EU and the UK is taking part in an arbitration hearing in The Hague in a dispute over the UK ban on sandeel fishing in ...

The European Union and Britain yesterday crossed swords at the world’s oldest arbitration body over rights to fish a tiny North Sea species, with Brussels accusing London of “inconsistencies” over a ...

The EU and UK face their first post-Brexit legal showdown as the bloc challenges Britain's North Sea sandeel fishing ban – a minor environmental case with major political implications. In a ...

The UK has effectively stopped its own vessels from fishing the species since 2021 through its licensing regime, on the grounds it is required to prevent overfishing and protect the North Sea ...