Brexit: Email slip-up reveals no-deal fishing patrol 'uncertainty'
the UK would become an independent coastal state and leave the Common Fisheries Policy, which is the EU's shared rules about how much fish countries can catch and where.Defra's internal email mentioned a number of media stories, including one being worked on by a freelance journalist for the Independent.
The note reads:"While our public position on this wider issue is already clear and widely communicated, in that post-Brexit we will be an independent coastal state with control of our waters, both policy and MoD have indicated we are not on an overly strong footing to get ahead of the potential claims that could arise from this story.
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