Norway backs EU fishing policies remaining during Brexit transition

North Sea curbs to last at least 21 months despite Michael Gove's suggestion Britain would take back control of its waters

The EU's insistence that quotas under the common fisheries policy for the seas around the UK will remain in force during a Brexit transition period has been backed up by the Norwegian government, dealing a fresh blow for Downing Street.

Pers Sandberg, the Norwegian fisheries minister, said he expected talks between the EU, UK and Norway over fishing rights to be complex and likely to conclude at the end of a transition period.