First meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries: 20 July 2021 - statement
Updated 14 March 2024
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The UK and the EU met for the first meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries (SCF) on Tuesday 20 July 2021. The meeting was hosted remotely by the UK.
The parties discussed:
- organisation of the SCF
- priority issues for future work
- progress in developing an interim basis for fishing quota transfers before the SCF establishes a longer-term in-year mechanism
- preparations for the 2022 annual fisheries consultations
We’ll publish the full agreed minutes of the meeting on this page in due course.
The second meeting of the SCF is expected to be held in September 2021 (date to be agreed).