More fish. The table below (drawn up by MMO, the UK sea fish agency and sent to me by @philvonoppen) closely matches figs on EU/ UK catches in UK waters that I tweeted on Sat. Crunching the numbers suggests the current argument is over circa £218m worth of fish annually.
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On average in 2012-6 (my figs on Sat were based on 2018) UK boats took £663m worth of fish in the UK 200 mile EEZ. EU boats took £521m. This is a split 56% for UK; and 44 % for EU – far from the dramatic stats habitually used by the Daily Express, Fishing for Leave etc
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Lets apply those figures to the latest known negotiating positions on fish in Brussels. The EU has offered to reduce the value of its catches in UK waters by 18%. The UK has demanded a 60% cut. 3/7

The EU offer would reduce its catches (based on these figs) by circa £93.7m. The UK demand would reduce them by £312. 6m. Difference: £218.8m. 4/7

The EU offer would reduce its fishy “gains” in UK waters to £427m a year. If you subtract the £100m or so of fish usually caught by UK boats in EU waters, the difference is only £300m. 5/7

The MMO table also breaks down EU catches in UK waters by biggest EU national takes. In tonnage terms, the Danes/ Dutch dominate (because they take a lot of “industrial” fish for pig feed etc). In £ terms the French take the biggest chunk – 14% of fish by value in UK EEZ.
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Important to remember though that the EU is also asking for a permanent or at least “enduring” share out. The UK is insisting on year-by-year deals which would give EU fleets no certainty.
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