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Originally Posted by Chris
Your second quote refutes your claim that the EU has no say on who governments give licences to. There's a fairly comprehensive set of instructions there, telling governments what they can and can't do when making decisions. There are also state aid and competition rules that affect a member state's ability to unilaterally withdraw licences.
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Article 17 says how the Fishing Quota Allowance (FQAs) should be divvied up. It doesn't say who it should go to. That is purely each governments decision.
I guess Brexit gives the UK the opportunity to allocate FQAs using less transparent and objective way with less regard to environmental, social and economic factors but is this a benefit?