Our fishermen cannot afford another disastrous deal
The promises made to fishermen in the Brexit campaign were bold. The delivery has been anything but. Many predicted that the Conservative government would sell out the fishing industry on leaving the EU, much like an earlier Conservative government had done when joining the EU and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) decades before. Despite this, our fishermen still showed up en-masse to support and campaign for Brexit – under the promise of exclusive use of our 12 nautical miles and a better share of fishing opportunities. In places like Cornwall, the CFP had given the lion’s share of all our catches to other EU states, leaving our local fleets to struggle on shares as low as eight to 10 per cent of the total allowable catch. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< By Anna Gelderd, Labour MP for South East Cornwall 10:45
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