I live in what used to be a decent fishing town. The companies who had quotas sold them off to the highest bidder. That that bidder could local, English, British made not the slightest difference to them.
The small number of, mainly men, were laid off, not that they had contracts, they were 'sparehands' laid off after every trip not knowing if they would get on a ship next time it left port.
Your rose colour spectacles will not alter that situation one iota.
Despite some people still holding quotas there is not one trawler that has sailed from this port and hasn't been for 20 years.