Division 2.2 Access to UK territorial waters

Annex I of Reg. 2371/2002 lays out access rights to English territorial waters (between 6 and 12 nautical miles of the 1983 baselines) of vessels from other Member States.

French and Belgian vessels have access to fish for demersal fish in areas which include Land’s End and Cape Bank Site of Community Importance (SCI)^f1 and Start Point to Plymouth Sound and Eddystone SCI. In addition, Belgian vessels also have access to fish for demersal fish in the area including Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton SCI.