Fisheries after Brexit
b'Fisheries has been a major area of contention between the UK and EU during the Brexit process. With an initial ambition to conclude negotiations on fisheries agreement by July, both parties are under pressure to reconcile their divergent positions in under a month \\u2013 with both sides admitting that an agreement is unlikely.\\n\\nAt this event, panellists discussed the importance of fisheries to negotiations, the UK and EU positions and whether a deal can be struck. Panellists also considered the UK\\u2019s priorities as an independent coastal state and how this may vary across the nations of the UK.\\n\\nPanellists:\\n\\nTheresa Villiers MP, Former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs\\nDeidre Brock MP, SNP spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs\\nBarrie Deas, Chief Executive of the National Federation of Fishermen\\u2019s Organisations\\nJames Kane, Associate at the Institute for Government\\n\\nThis event was chaired by Maddy Thimont Jack, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government.'