A fair deal for our fishing industry, ravaged by the EU since we joined


We discussed this a lot back in January. Here are some links and in some cases I have copied the text as well

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Dave the Gnome    17 Jan 18 - 04:06 AM

DMcG    17 Jan 18 - 05:09 PM
We will take back control of our internationally agreed fishing grounds
This is a very interesting one. It may or may not happen, but it is no simple matter. We have severely depleted our fishing fleets and the supporting facilities and it will take years to build them back up again. That could give us big problems in the meantime as we are talking investment with no short term return


Nigel Parsons    17 Jan 18 - 10:18 AM
We will take back control of our internationally agreed fishing grounds
This is a very interesting one. It may or may not happen, but it is no simple matter. We have severely depleted our fishing fleets and the supporting facilities and it will take years to build them back up again. That could give us big problems in the meantime as we are talking investment with no short term return.
The fact that we have a depleted fishing fleet does not cause a problem. We will be 'taking back control of our fishing grounds'. That does not have to mean we will fish them ourselves, but we will have control of any issue of fishing licences for them, and for how long those licences will be valid

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So Nigel is quite clear that getting control of the fishing grounds does not imply we fish them ourselves. Quite how that helps our fishermen - rather than big business ptentially from outside the UK - I leave you two to explain.