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Brexit confession: Fears UK fishermen ‘could be sold down river’ in trade talks exposed
Brexit news: Some fishermen fear Johnson could let them down
BREXIT has made fisheries a key issue for the future of the UK - but while British fishermen backed leaving the EU to take back control of their waters, some fear they could be "sold down the river" in trade talks.
The fearful statement was made by Cornish fish seller Elizabeth Stevenson, who hit out at the EU's "unfair" benefit from British waters. She also expressed fears that British fishermen's interests would be ignored in the Brexit process. She told MarketPlace in 2017: “Other European Union countries take £400million worth of fish from our waters. We take £100million from their waters. It is really very, very unfair.”
“As an industry, we’ve been sold down the river so many times in the past. I am very fearful."
Ms Stevenson did say that she didn't vote leave, stating that she was not sure the country as a whole would be better off by departing the EU even if fisheries would benefit.
She added: “I was not convinced that we could get a better deal out than we have in."
However, fishermen and business owner Jeremy Hosking outlined in the same interview why he did back Brexit, hitting out at the lack of control the UK has over its waters under the Common Fisheries Policy.
He said: “We see better things ahead. We can see a better future as a result of Brexit.
“For the first time in my fishing career, I feel that we have a chance to put things right. Because of the way the EU has regulated fishing, the British fishermen and this community has suffered. We are the underdogs in our own waters.”
Källa / Länk: (Daily)Express.co.uk/