ABSTRACT
Brexit has raised concerns about the UK’s continued role in relationship-building in the North-East Atlantic. In exploring the future of this role, the chapter analyses the outcomes of the annual trilateral (UK–EU–Norway) and bilateral (EU–Norway, UK–Norway and EU–UK) negotiations. Considerations are provided and what the future will be regarding fishing rights for the UK regarding the TCA and the UK–Norway arrangements on fisheries. Norway’s long and effective cooperative approach to fisheries management with the EU is especially insightful, so is included here. The EU–UK bilateral fisheries arrangement, concluded halfway through 2021, is analysed in comparison to UK–EU–Norway, EU–Norway and Norway–EU. The chapter concludes that despite the challenges the UK faced entering into fisheries negotiations as an “independent coastal State”, progress has been made and developments in future negotiations will be of interest.
