On the same day as Reform's locals breakthrough, a challenge to Britain's ban on EU fishing for sand eels in the North Sea was dismissed by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

LONDON — Brexit Britain is to remain a safe haven for sand eels after EU legal action to reverse a ban on catching the snakey fish failed. The U.K. government beefed up its marine environmental ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK breached its obligations in closing parts of its waters to EU sand eel fishermen, a tribunal has ...

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Sand eels are not even eels. They are long, thin fish, useful to humans only to produce fishmeal. But puffins and kittiwakes love them; and in view of these birds’ declining numbers, the UK last year ...

Fishing for shinko, which are baby ikanago sand eels, began in the Harima-nada Sea in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12. Shinko, about 6 centimeters in length, were landed, and eight baskets each ...

Last July I visited Bempton Cliffs, a nature reserve on the north-east coast of England managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Throughout the spring and summer, around half a ...

Chris Blazer, left and Melissa Garcia of San Francisco, head back to their vehicle after a day of sunning along the banks of the Eel River in Dos Rios on Wednesday, April 7, 2016. (Kent Porter ...

The EU has taken legal action against the UK, arguing that its ban on sand eel fishing in North Sea waters violates post-Brexit fishing agreements, Reuters reported. The case challenges UK ...

A puffin eats sand eels at England's Farne Islands National Nature Reserve. (Wildlife Terry via Flickr) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — The European Union told an arbitration court on Tuesday the United ...

Sand eel is set to take center stage in the first courtroom trade battle between the UK and EU since Brexit, reports the BBC. The UK has banned European vessels from catching the fish in its North ...

The European Commission said on Friday (October 25) that it will trigger a dispute settlement mechanism over Britain's post-Brexit blanket ban on fishing sand eels. These slippery eel-like fish ...