Fishing is hardly the main issue in the conversations.
After all, it's not about insanely much money.
But a more symbolically charged question is hard to find.
There is great concern among European fishermen to be ported from the attractive British waters.
And several of the EU's fishing countries therefore want to put the highest priority on the issue of continued fishing rights.
At the same time, British politicians have promised to regain control of fishing waters and give their own fishermen a larger share of the catch.
To back away from that will be a betrayal of a professional group that predominantly voted to leave the EU.
But played correctly, the fishing license can give the British something more valuable in return.
For example, access to the Union's financial market.
You get fish - we get funds.
Maybe answer with fish duties
Although you wonder what else the British intend to do with all their fish?
Continue to sell most things to the EU as today?
Well, it would be very difficult for the governments of Paris, The Hague and Copenhagen to first give up the right to fish and then import more and more British fish.
Maybe the EU will respond instead with fish tariffs.
Otherwise, it is perfectly possible to keep the catch yourself.
The British would then get fish on the plate twice as often as today.
However, much of what is caught is not suitable for fish'n'chips.
But you can learn to appreciate other things as well.