Scots Tory MEP Ian Duncan, has called for an immediate halt to all work on the multi-annual North Sea fisheries plan.
The blueprint for the future management of white-fish stocks in the region is currently moving through the committee stage in the European Parliament.
But with control of 80% of the North Sea expected to return to the UK after Britain quits the European Union in 2019, Mr Duncan is calling on the EU to not waste time making laws that will be obsolete almost as soon as they come into force.
He said: “Creating European fisheries law for the North Sea is pointless as British fishermen will not be bound by it come 2019.
“They are eagerly awaiting the day when the Common Fisheries Policy is consigned to the dustbin of history, and fit-for-purpose laws can be drafted and implemented in the UK.
“I once again call on the EU to abandon this nonsense-upon-stilts and focus on areas where they will have jurisdiction beyond the next two years.”
