UK tells EU it will take 'any measures necessary' to protect fishing waters

British negotiators have told the European Union that the Royal Navy could board EU fishing boats if they breach the terms of a post-Brexit fishing deal. UK officials have said Britain will take any measures necessary to protect its fishing waters, negotiating documents published by the Government revealed on Tuesday. Britain has demanded that EU boats, which currently have the automatic right to fish in UK waters, apply for a licence and that the bloc provides the UK with a list of all vessels eligible to enter British fisheries "in good time". "Access to our waters will be on our terms," Michael Gove said in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

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