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Brexit, Fisheries and Scottish Devolution: An Intergovernmental Disruption
Author(s) -
McAngus Craig,
Huggins Christopher,
Connolly John,
Zwet Arno
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.12772
Subject(s) - brexit , devolution (biology) , negotiation , legislature , fisheries management , government (linguistics) , fishery , political science , settlement (finance) , scope (computer science) , public administration , fisheries law , business , fishing , european union , international trade , geography , law , finance , archaeology , biology , human evolution , linguistics , philosophy , programming language , computer science , payment
With the UK set to leave the EU, the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will no longer apply and an alternative legislative framework will need to be put in place, simultaneously navigating the devolved settlement. However, aspects of fisheries management fall under the area of international negotiation which is reserved to the UK government. Disagreements between the UK and Scottish governments over where the line between devolved and reserved lies in this matter has led to difficulties in formulating a post‐Brexit fisheries framework. This dispute has exposed weaknesses in relations between the two governments.