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Specialised Committee on Fisheries

This specialised committee monitors the implementation and functioning of the Fisheries Heading in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

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From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
20 July 2021
Last updated:
16 September 2026
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  1. We’ve added the meeting agenda for the 13th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries. We’ve also refined the structure of the page, so that only documents for the current year are on the page. This is to make the page easier to navigate. All meeting agendas, minutes, recommendations and decisions from previous years are available on the National Archives, which is linked to from the page.

  2. Added the minutes for the 12th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries, 22 April 2026.

  3. Added a recommendation document for a joint EU-UK arrangement on monitoring, control and surveillance. This was adopted on the Specialised Committee on Fisheries meeting on 22 April 2026.

  4. Added the agenda for the 12th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 22 April 2026.

  5. Added the minutes for the 11th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries, 17 September 2025.

  6. Added the agenda for the 11th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries, 17 September 2025.

  7. We have published the minutes for the tenth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries that was held on 14 May 2025.

  8. Added a decision document for an agreement between the EU and the UK under the Specialised Committee on Fisheries. The document sets out the parties' agreement on level and conditions of access to fish in each other's waters from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2038.

  9. We've added the agenda for the tenth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries.

  10. Added the meeting minutes for the for the ninth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 24 September 2024.

  11. Added the meeting minutes for the for the eighth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 23 May 2024.

  12. Added the agenda for the ninth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 24 September 2024.

  13. Added agenda for Eighth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries.

  14. Added the minutes for the seventh meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries, which took place on 22 September 2023.

  15. Added a document, recommendation on alignment of management areas for Plaice and Whiting.

  16. Added the meeting agenda for 22 September 2023.

  17. We've added 1 decision document and 2 recommendation documents, dated 24 July 2023.

  18. We've added the minutes from the sixth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 27 June 2023.

  19. Added the agenda for the sixth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries.

  20. Added the minutes of the fifth meeting, which was held on 21 October 2022.

  21. Added the agenda for the fifth meeting of the specialist fisheries committee on 21 October 2022.

  22. Added the minutes for the fourth meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 20 July 2022.

  23. We added the agenda for the fourth meeting of specialist fisheries committee on 20 July 2022

  24. Published minutes of the third meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 27 April 2022.

  25. Added the agenda for the third meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 27 April 2022.

  26. Added the decision document - an agreement between the UK and EU under the Specialised Committee on Fisheries to establish a working group.

  27. Published minutes of the second meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 27 October 2021.

  28. Added the agenda for the second meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries.

  29. We have added the minutes of the first meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 20 July 2021.

  30. Added statement on the first meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries.

  31. First published.

Documents

13th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 23 September 2026 – agenda

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12th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 22 April 2026 – minutes

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Recommendation on a joint EU-UK arrangement on monitoring, control and surveillance – 22 April 2026

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12th meeting of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries on 22 April 2026 – agenda

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Details

The Specialised Committee on Fisheries is a joint forum for discussion of fisheries matters between the UK and the EU.

The specialised committee addresses matters covered by heading 5 of part 2 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Its roles and responsibilities are detailed under Article 508 of the agreement.

The decision document is an agreement between the UK and EU under the Specialised Committee on Fisheries to establish a working group.

Agendas, minutes and recommendations from previous years

Read meeting agendas, meeting minutes and recommendations from 2021 to 2025 on the National Archives. This is from the inaugural meeting to the 11th meeting.

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