EU Wins Post-Brexit Fishing Row With Britain

There was concern that a decline in sandeel stocks could harm puffins (Credit: AFP)

The European Union on Friday won a landmark case against Britain at the world's oldest arbitration body over post-Brexit rights to fish sandeels, a tiny North Sea species.

The case at the Permanent Court for Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague was seen as a bellwether for other potential litigation between London and Brussels in a hot-bed industry.