UK drops bid for instant return of fisheries control – sources

Environment secretary Michael Gove raised concerns about fisheries control at a cabinet meeting last week.Plans to take back control of UK fisheries the moment Britain leaves the EU appear to have been abandoned in the face of united EU opposition, dealing a significant blow to the ambitions of the environment secretary, Michael Gove.Gove put repatriating control of fisheries at the heart of his post-Brexit strategy.