In the lead up to the United Kingdom’s complete break from the EU at the end of 2020, its maritime authorities, such as the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Marine Management Organisation, are increasing their defenses for protecting UK waters from fishing by EU and member state ships.^[1] These defenses include adding more inspection and patrol vessels to its fleet and requesting that non-UK boats obtain fishing licenses and abide by UK environmental regulations in order to fish in the territory.