Introduction
The need for JFS arises from the Fisheries Act 2020. The Act set out eight objectives for fisheries management in the UK, post-Brexit. (For more detail on the Objectives, please see CFPO briefing on the Fisheries Act 2020).

The JFS is a more detailed, follow-on document from the four fisheries policy authorities (the Secretary of State for the Environment; Scottish Ministers; Welsh Ministers; DAERA in Northern Ireland) setting out the specific policies that will be implemented to achieve those eight objectives. It is the roadmap to delivery of the Fisheries Act

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