In preparation for the UK's exit from the EU and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the UK government will introduce a new Fisheries Bill on Wednesday, which the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs says will focus on sustainability, but NGOs are warning the measure could fall short of its goal and further threaten fish stocks.
The introduction of the Fisheries Bill delivers a legal guarantee the UK will leave the CFP in December 2020, allowing the UK to control quotas for the first time since 1973.
