Number one, I don't want to get out of Europe. Number two, the CFP is an unmitigated disaster, both for fishing stocks/marine ecosystems and for the fishing industry, and always has been. Number three, up to half of all EU fishing is done illegally. Number four, bycatch and excess catch has to be thrown back into the sea, even though it's all dead fish. Ridiculous. Number five, a shocking fishing policy, which it is, is not a reason for getting out of the EU. Fisheries yield a tiny proportion of EU production. Reform has never been remotely effective. The CFP is a failure and is one case over which we really do have to "take back control." We couldn't do any worse. But none of this stops me from being an ardent remainer. I've never denied that the EU embraces many absurdities, and this is, intractably, an egregious example of that.