Response from Minister Prentis to joint NGO letter about transparency in negotiations on fishing opportunities between the UK and the EU and stakeholder participation in the work of the Specialised Committee on Fisheries

This is Minister Prentis’ response to a joint NGO letter on transparency in EU-UK bilateral and EU-UK-Norway trilateral negotiations on fishing opportunities, sent on 19 March 2021. In her response, Minister Prentis reaffirms her commitment to improved transparency and her openness to the inclusion of eNGOs in the process so far and going forward. She also refers to the Specialised Committee on Fisheries which is yet to be set up and the anticipated publication of an agreed record documenting the outcome of the negotiations once concluded.

Read the initial joint NGO letter co-signed by 13 NGOs here.

Read the Commissioner’s response to this letter here.

Read the follow-up letter jointly sent by the NGOs in response to the Commissioner’s reply here.

Read a similar UK-focused letter jointly sent by the NGOs to Victoria Prentis here.

Read the Commissioner’s response to the follow-up letter here.

Read a similar letter jointly sent by German NGOs to the German Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, here.