What the Royal Navy Fisheries Protection Squadron does

What is the Royal Navy Fisheries Protection Squadron?

It groups the Navy's patrol vessels; they enforce fisheries rules but also perform broader maritime-security and surveillance work.

The Fisheries Protection Squadron groups River-class patrol vessels and related ships. Fisheries enforcement is part of its role, alongside counterterrorism, sea patrol, and monitoring tasks such as observing Russian transits. Border Force and Scotland's own fisheries vessels provide other parts of Britain's maritime enforcement arrangements. The Cod Wars between Britain and Iceland illustrate the wider diplomatic consequences that fishing disputes can acquire.