Fisheries Convention

The Fisheries Convention or the London Fisheries Convention is an international agreement signed in London in relation to fishing rights across the coastal waters of Western Europe, in particular the fishing rights in the North Sea, in the Skagerrak, in the Kattegat and on the European Atlantic coast.

[3] This agreement is largely superseded to the Common Fisheries Policy (the CFP), as all parties are members of the European Union.

Between Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom the "International Convention for regulating the police of the North Sea fisheries outside territorial waters" (the North Sea Fisheries Convention) of 1888 applied which allowed fishing in each other's waters up to 3 miles from the coast line.

The United Kingdom denounced this convention in 1963 in order to allow setting up a 12-mile exclusive fishery zone.

[5] The convention can be denounced after the passage of 20 years from its entry into force, subject to a two-year notice period.