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<p>As an independent coastal state, the UK now sets catch limits through negotiations
with other coastal states, led by the best available science. In line with the sustainability
objective in the Fisheries Act 2020, our aim is to achieve environmentally sustainable
outcomes as well as socio-economic benefits. The UK Joint Fisheries Statement, published
last November, lists 43 Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) to be developed across the
UK and sets out a timetable for their publication. The FMPs will set out policies
to maintain or increase stocks to sustainable levels (or contribute to doing so).
Our FMPs will contain short-, medium- and long-term time bound actions to be delivered
over the lifetime of the plan. The actions are to support the sustainable management
of fish stocks – they are based on the best available evidence and input from the
fishing sector. We plan to publish the first FMPs by the end of this year.</p>
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