Transparency in EU-UK bilateral and EU-UK-Norway trilateral negotiations on fishing opportunities

The document is a joint letter from a coalition of NGOs calling for greater transparency and accountability in the negotiations between the EU, the UK, and Norway regarding fishing opportunities and catch limits for 2021. The authors argue that while the UK has granted NGOs equal access to its delegation, the EU continues to exclude civil society while allowing the fishing industry inside negotiations. They urge the EU to align its processes with the Aarhus Convention and the European Green Deal to prevent overfishing in the Northeast Atlantic.

• The authors argue that current EU negotiation processes are insufficient because the fishing industry is included while civil society is excluded, a pattern observed in recent trilateral negotiations between the EU, the UK, and Norway.
• The UK is noted to have provided equal access to its delegation for EU-UK bilateral negotiations for both NGOs and the fishing industry.
• The letter asserts that transparent and inclusive negotiations for Northeast Atlantic shared stocks would align the EU and UK with their obligations under the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.
• The authors warn that unless total allowable catches (TACs) are set at sustainable levels, overfishing will persist or increase, threatening progress made under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

APA

ClientEarth (2021). Transparency in EU-UK bilateral and EU-UK-Norway trilateral negotiations on fishing opportunities. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0stpygj1/joint-ngo-letter-to-commissioner-sinkevičius-and-the-portuguese-council-presidency_25-jan-2021.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Transparency in EU-UK bilateral and EU-UK-Norway trilateral negotiations on fishing opportunities. 2021. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0stpygj1/joint-ngo-letter-to-commissioner-sinkevičius-and-the-portuguese-council-presidency_25-jan-2021.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=ClientEarth |title=Transparency in EU-UK bilateral and EU-UK-Norway trilateral negotiations on fishing opportunities |date=25 January 2021 |url=https://www.clientearth.org/media/0stpygj1/joint-ngo-letter-to-commissioner-sinkevičius-and-the-portuguese-council-presidency_25-jan-2021.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2021transparency, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Transparency in EU-UK bilateral and EU-UK-Norway trilateral negotiations on fishing opportunities}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2021}, month = jan, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/0stpygj1/joint-ngo-letter-to-commissioner-sinkevičius-and-the-portuguese-council-presidency_25-jan-2021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }