A fishing expert from Iceland urges the UK to rethink the way British fisheries are managed after Brexit.

Hjortur J. Guamundsson says the UK should follow the example of its northern neighbours when it comes to managing fisheries.

He claims Iceland and Norway have been far more successful than the EU at conserving stocks and sustaining coastal communities.

Mr Guamundsson said: "What Britain can learn from the experience of Iceland and Norway in short is the importance of having full authority over the fishing sector, the importance of sustainable and responsible management and of keeping the domestic fishing grounds as a general rule for local fishermen for the benefit of the whole country.

He added: "Leaving the EU offers the British government a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fundamentally rethink the way British fisheries are managed, with a long-term view of how the sector may prosper in the future, taking note of the best practices of other countries and ensuring sustainability and the creation of valuable British jobs."

Chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, Bertie Armstrong, said: "These are exactly the arguments we have been making to our governments and what better validation of them than the experience of those fisheries nations outside the EU and its disastrous CFP?

"Iceland and Norway have different but successful fisheries management regimes and a much better record for sustainability that is what we must insist upon for our indigenous industry."