Lawyers for the European Union on Tuesday told an arbitration tribunal that Britain's ban of fishing for sandeels in its North Sea waters breached an agreement on fishing rights both sides struck after Brexit.

The tiny sand eel is used widely as bait and in animal feed — but it's also an important food source for puffins and other seabirds.

A legal dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights between Britain and the European Union begins at The Hague. The case, which concerns a British ban on fishing sandeels, could impact UK's relations with the EU.

The EU and UK face their first post-Brexit legal showdown as the bloc challenges Britain's North Sea sandeel fishing ban – a minor environmental case with major political implications.

A three-person panel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague will hear arguments from both sides for three days on whether a British ban on fishing sandeels in its North Sea waters breaches

A tiny silver fish which is an important food source in the North Sea will take centre stage Tuesday as the European Union and Britain square off over post-Brexit fishing rights. Because of climate change and commercial fishing,

The sandeel, a tiny silver fish which is an important food source in the North Sea, will take centre stage Tuesday as the European Union, Denmark and Britain square off over post-Brexit fishing rights.