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Fishermen fight for quota rights

A group of small-scale fishermen from the South East are in London for the first day of hearings in a historic High Court battle which could decide the 30-year-old question of who ultimately controls the UK's fishing quota.

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Fish are 'not a private commodity' court told

Fishermen in Hastings are fighting for their livelihoods Credit: /PA Archive/Press Association Images

The case is being brought by the New Under Ten Fishermen's Association (NUTFA) with support of Greenpeace.

NUTFA represents many of the over three hundred small fishing boats registered in the South East.

They have been given permission by the court to argue that fish are not a private commodity but a public good held in trust by the government on behalf of all citizens.

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