Brexit: UK fishermen fear losing their homes after European Union export ban
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2021
- British fishermen have been effectively banned from exporting mussels, oysters and scallops to Europe now that the UK has left the EU.
Shellfish workers in Cornwall say some are at risk of losing their homes because of a ban on exporting their product to countries in the European Union.
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It's not a ban. It is third country rules. Just ask Nigel Farage, he was on the council that set up this regulation in 2008. To be fair, he only attented 1 of the 40+ meetings.
Exactly... Precisely your nigel was the one that triggered both, the laws to stop EU outsiders from importing It, then put the UK outside ti suffer those laws. Karma?
Yeah, Nigel is very busy now trying to sell everyone their "Financial freedom, and financial sovereignty?"
@@donatass.4699
"British media?" Nothing British about it, any foreign godshite is allowed to purchase any newspaper, television or radio station in the UK? As long as they have the "Geld," anything and everything is for sale in "Tory Britain 2021!"
Nigel Farage won. Is out 😂😂🇬🇧love him.🇩🇪No.
Yeah. Or maybe they should ask Mogg for directions since he is so knowledgable
The Ban has existed since 2008 for 3rd countries and Farage and all the UK members of the EU Parliament voted for it.
The stupidity is breathtaking.
These poor people aren’t that educated but also not stupid - they were simply conned by our dear leader
True, and they didnt say it, EU didnt change its position, uk is third country now, why they dont understand
@@sidneypedroso3415 Ever hear of an apostrophe?
@@hughjaanus6680 Ever hearD of a D?
The freedom of fresh air is breathtaking.
Blame EU before brexit, blame EU after Brexit
If only someone had warned them. How were they supposed to know that leaving a market will make access to it more difficult?
@@YouD0ntSay should have asked their buddy farage, where is he now?
@@YouD0ntSay seems pretty obvious to me, chap. This is what happens when uneducated people that have never left their hometowns in their whole life are allowed to have an opinion in the form of a vote on international affairs.
@@alvaroponce709 That sums it up nicely.
@@alvaroponce709 everyone has a right to vote period.
EU ban!! LOL. NO that is an EU law drafted then by the UK while in the EU.
Lets not let the truth get in the way of the lies! - The best bet is for the fishermen to retrain, perhaps they can sell on eBay with the "Powerseller Research" course.
It wasn't the EU that stopped the trade. It was the UK...
Exactly. It was the UK who did this. It's wrong to blame the EU.
wrong, the eu said this trade would be allowed and then at the last second changed their mind. stop spreading fake news and misinformation based on nothing but your feelings.
@@tam8197 FTA: “In the endgame, the prime minister made the call and caved in on fish, despite the rhetoric and assurances that he would not do what Ted Heath did in 1973.”
www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/26/fishing-industry-brexit-deal-eu-fisheries
This whole argument over fish is utterly ridiculous. But these are the consequences when an industry is actually a small pittance compared to other trades.
@@mum2jka TOTAL BS. "PoliticsHome has seen an email sent by Fisheries Minister Victoria Prentis in November, just weeks before the end of the Brexit transition period, which said that this trade would be able to restart with “the introduction of a relevant certificate," which Brussels is due to introduce on April 21.
However, the EU has told the industry that this will not be the case."
@@tam8197 so the.mighty uk negotiated a bad deal. Whats new
the EU hasn't stopped anything... the rules were decided by the UK when they were members
Where on earth did they think they’d find new markets for fresh seafood? Vietnam?
maybe North Korea.
There is some sort of Union of countries , they should join that
@@jemsbond5708 Yes, it's called the WTO.
@@jauntyangle5667 or EU
Try selling it in uk? Exporting just drives prices up in uk anyway. seasonal stocks fished and exported. lobsters scallops oysters whole scampi. We chefs pay premium for these produce with most coming from eu after being sold by uk export. Relishing the thought of the uk market on fish soon as a result of abundance in stock, the food I can start putting on menu knowing its uk fished from our waters is going to be a honor to our fishing industry. Get celeb chefs to start cooking more fish from uk waters, This will drive demand.
No rule was changed by the EU, this is the rule for countries outside the EU agreed during the time Mr FARAGE was the UK fishing representative in the EU. Admittedly he rarely bothered his arse actually turning up for any meetings. Why would he? He was still collecting his nice big euro salary, I bet he will collect a Euro pension too, unlike those fishermen.
"On the 1st of Jan. their livelihood was banned .... the government said it's unacceptable that the EU has changed its position" - A shamefully misleading tone to this report. The EU has not changed its position, LBM (live bivalve molluscs) can't be imported into the EU from third countries, if they're fished in class B waters (unless they undergo purification) - the UK even pushed for this position when it was a member years ago.
Indeed Martyn... only that it was different then. Then this type of protective measure (allowing those inside the single market to benefit by excluding third parties) benefited the U.K. now it’s a different story so bad EU... maybe brexiters (specially people working in the primary sector) will finally understand the benefits of belonging to a single market.. specially fishers as the products they catch are not to the tasting to most U.K. consumers.. difficult times ahead
So this poor guy fantasy was that he and other British fishermen would get a large fishing reserve on the North Sea and would sell all this fish to Europe getting rich overnight. No wonder his enthusiasm for the idea. Really a shame that was not true.
I don't think so from my understanding a lot of these guys from this fishing segment didn't vote to leave, which if true is unfortunate.
Most UK fisherman voted to remain
It's a shame the English do not eat Oysters. Imagine selling to your own country. Or perhaps as mentioned at the end of the report - with restaurants shut there is no demand for these items (or a lot less than before covid). it is time to open the economy back up and stop ruining peoples' lives. It's lucky the Economic forum are introducing the great reset this year and creating massive government corporations to remove all small businesses, what could go wrong?
@@sljones9103 Bullshit
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
Did the government say that the EU changed its position on shellfish? What bollocks. These rules have applied to third countries for decades and we helped write these rules. Now that we're a third country, we are now subject to said rules.
Funny how our media never mentions this or questions this lying narrative.
There was a discussion in the EU about dropping or relaxing the law, this wasn't part of the brexit deal but the UK government were communicating it as a fact. When the EU shelved the idea, again nothing to do with brexit the UK government blames the EU, but in actual fact the UK didn't negotiate anything on this segments behalf. Total negligence on the UK government
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
Will they ever get it into there thick heads ‘ that they voted for this
@Heid The Ba' no they didn't. Those were rules that existed, and that we helped write, before but we were just not subject to them due to us being a member of the EU. Obviously, we are subject to those rules now if we want to export into the EU as we are no longer a member. But, for argument's sake, let's say that the EU did move the goalposts, that they did change the rules, why would that matter to the UK. That's not a matter for the UK decide as the EU is free to do that without the UK'S approval, in the same way that we can now change our rules without the EU'S approval. It's completely up to them what policies they wish to do, as it is also up to us whatever policies we wish to implement.
Shellfish rules set in 2008.
We had a rep on the committee.
He only turned up once in 42 meeting
Niggle Faraģe
Right wingers in the uk seem to be brothers to right wingers here in the US, not really into digging deep into an issues, just throw out a few emotionally provoking slogans and they’ll vote for any fraud or in this case farage.
Nigel
Yep, Farouk missed many an important meeting/vote..............but still kept whining like a pig being sent for slaughter AND taking their money. Nowt but a grifter and scrote.
Typical Sky, presenting it as a ban rather than a consequence of leaving the customs union and free market.
EU Never changed anything, it was always like this for non-EU countries, British people need to take accountability for what they did to themself.
The EU did NOT change its position, the UK government simply didn’t read the already written terms that the UK helped write before leaving. The incompetence of the UK government is staggering.
@2.27 "the government told us it's unacceptable that the EU changed its position on shellfish"
Someone is lying.
UK government members never lie...😄😄
Keep british fish happy
EU has not changed it's position.
Yes, these fishermen were duped into acting against their own interests.
Pointing fingers now, isn't going to get their livelihoods back.
Guess it gives them comfort.
Exactly. And I like to point out that UK was creating these rules inside the EU against import from 3rd countries. Then the UK voted to become a 3rd country. It's not a surprise that these rules now apply to the import from the UK. This is absolutely not a surprise.
"The government has said its unacceptable the EU has changed their position" ..... actually from day one the EU made it very clear what the consequences would be. UK gov getting more Trumpian by the day
They keep spreading these lies and "de pee'le" gobble them up and Parrott them.
the EU should not have changed their position so early
@@PredictiveMotion what position did EU changed ?
Call yourself a journalist? The E.U hasn't changed its position on shellfish!
Wait but this is exactly what they voted for. So why moan now?
Its SKY news pal. Its all made up propaganda. No one takes any notice.
Because they thought they were smart, turns out they aren't lol. I got no sympathy for them at all.
Thanks Nigel.
No need to thank Nigel. It was the majority of the country that voted to leave. The freedom now is magnificent.
@@nochance9567 Being homeless is magnificent?
@@indogoUI I don’t disagree. I was simply saying don’t blame Nigel because it was the majority of the country that wanted brexit. Now we have to get on with it.
It's SIR Nigel, btw.
Have some respect! ( facepalm)
@@wolfthequarrelsome504 Sir Kermit ?
This is Brexit - not the EU
This is Brexit and Brexit only. And it was done by choise, despite the warnigns. The rules didn't change, The UK choose to be a third country.
It's not the EU's job to sort out the UKs brexit woes. This is something that was always going to happen once the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. As far as the EU is concerned, Brexit is now done and dusted and they've moved on now.
Get over to the EU to sort it out, lolol your a 3rd party now 🤣
I thought that bit was really funny. There is absolutely nothing the EU needs to sort out.
The UK has to adapt to the new normality of being a 3rd country, which it chose for itself - and got "done".
They should stop being so dependent on the EU. These fishermen are lazy brats.
Yes that has to be a joke
@Heid The Ba' absolutely.
YES.
Ffs.
They voted for this. They knew it was going to end this way. They weren't lied to. The 'remain' side said told them countless times this would be the result and these Brexiteer fishermen called it fearmongering.
The fishmongers called truth fear mongering and now they will _monger_ no longer...
Yaaaayyyyy fishermen are tasting Brexit!
Enjoy it
Whatever, it's good for the fish stocks.
Could sell them to U.K. restaurants, but there all closed just like EU restaurants..
@@YouD0ntSay It's happier fish for it :-)
This is not EU fault ! The fisheries voted for this to become a 3rd country now the EU won't buy shellfish from a 3rd country
But we are special, I mean we ruled over ¼ of the earth and call our immigrants expats. There must be an exception for us.
Absolutely correct
Rules set up by uk when it was a member of Europe. Now those rules apply to uk.
It's really the covid closure of UK restaurants that has caused the problem. When the UK restaurants open again they will buy UK fish first. In 2018 the UK imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU of which 32.4 thousand tons was shellfish.
When u leave a giant market don’t expect to get customers like in the giant market
A perfect summing up
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
@@Iazzaboyce nope... that would be government subsidies and lead to EU import tariffs.
@@Rockstone1969 I live just 20 miles from where these boats are fishing. The real problem is that UK restaurants are closed because of covid. It looks like the fishermen will get government compensation not to fish until the UK market starts buying again.
@@Iazzaboyce Yeah right and somehow the UK will magically develop a market for all the excess shellfish when before there was none......... a Unicorn if I ever saw one.
This is Brexit. Britain helped to write the EU rules that are responsible for this, then thought they could ignore the laws they helped to create. Once Britain opted to be a third country, this was inevitable.
It's really the covid closure of UK restaurants that has caused the problem. When the UK restaurants open again they will buy UK fish first. In 2018 the UK imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU of which 32.4 thousand tons was shellfish.
These rules were already there before Brexit and UK helped in their formulation regarding trade with third party nations. I am amazed to see UK government complaining now.
And for so many years they kissed UKIP's arse because UKIP/Brexit party told them lies , Fartrage was on the EU Fisheries commission and he attended about 3 of 40 or so meetings so just serves them right. they had been doing fishing all their working lives hadn't they worked out what their market was and supply chain
They all do that, or work from home, that is why they become politicians. Freebies, two houses etc. Kinnock was no better.
We want direct answers to direct questions: Question: Can I sell my shellfish here. Answer: NO
Brilliant!
Swap it for a few vaccines that they don't have because they EU couldn't be bothered to buy any. We have tonnes of the stuff.
Brexit means brexit deal with it..
Well said
Not a “new” rule at all! In fact it was the UK involved on imposing 3rd party bans on EU rules to protect their own fisherman! Now the UK is a 3rd party and these fisherman fall outside of the very EU protections that they voted to withdraw from .... am I missing something?!? 🤔
No! GB is now a third country when trading with the EU. That decision was make by the UK government. Bivalve molluscs from a third country caught in Class B waters must be purified before selling to the EU. This has been the case since 2007. The UK was a party to this decision and was a strong advocate of the to introduction of third country status.
The EU did not decide to ban bivalve molluscs over night and in fact molluscs caught in UK from Class A waters can be sold directly to the EU.
It's NOT a ban!
@John Russell Sure, the Tories will try to blame everything onto the EU. They are a populist party so that was to be expected. What annoys me is that news outlets like sky news are using the same propaganda speach. And this is really disapointing.
If someone fartes in a UK elevator, it will always be the EU's fault..😐
I wish they would explain the reasoning behind the decision making on these news reports.
The emotional ‘story’ seems more important to the journalists. Not saying it’s not a disaster for those involved, but not very educational to the viewer either.
The general public wouldn't understand. International trade relations are complex. Farage's hectoring for a plebiscite was a disaster. It was liking asking a cat to perform calculus
I agree.
They should ask these people what they thought would happen to the French fishing communities if they denied them access.
@@YouD0ntSay It’s me me me me me culture.
@@YouD0ntSay That would be the same as what happened to the English fleet - Caused by.....................
These sort of emotional stories and news got people to vote brexit in the first place.
The media in UK is very bad at presenting facts to the public, and Sky is one of the worse ones.
This is what they voted for and exactly what they deserve
Yay but not what we're free we can make that ground breaking deal to export shellfish to Namibia and Tajikistan.
I was thinking in New Zealand or maybe the countries of PICPIPI...
At least fish are happy xD
Happily not being caught.
Well UK said will do trade deals with Canada, Australia so send your oysters thousands kilometers away. Brexit means Brexit.
It's really the covid closure of UK restaurants that has caused the problem. When the UK restaurants open again they will buy UK fish first. In 2018 the UK imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU of which 32.4 thousand tons was shellfish.
Well, this is what they did for the majority of their history.
And! They voted for brexit! They got exactly what they voted for? Oh! Really! They believed the lies.... Well... Now they have to suffer with the rest of us... 😀😀😀
Hope their enjoying their new 'freedom' !
@@tomgrant9310 I'm still trying to work out what "freedom" they might enjoy...... The sunny uplands haven't revealed themselves yet... 🤔 Boris will certainly ensure that they are never discovered I'm sure... 🤣
UK 🇬🇧: We don't want to have anything to do with Europe 🇪🇺
Also UK 🇬🇧: Why doesn't Europe want to buy our fish anymore?
The EU has always had these rules in place it’s not changed it’s position THE U.K. CHANGED ITS POSITION BY VOTING FOR BREXIT! These fishermen benefited from these EU rules and the government helped draft and vote for these rule. Then when they voted for Brexit and now have to deal with the rules the same as any third country (the U.K. is now a third country). Go out and find new markets and stop showing your ignorance of EU rules.
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
How is it possible most of these fisherman voted to leave the market were they're final customers are ???? UK is not anymore in the single market, new rules apply guys ... As EU Citizen we must protect OUR market...
They were sold a lie that selling would not change and they would have control of UK water, i blame the remain argument for not making a good enough case.
“UK fishermen fear losing their home after UK has decided to leave EU and now has to obey by the EU foreign rules that the UK voted for while in the EU” fixed it for ya ;)
Bit long
This is the rules every non Eu country has to deal with. Brits need to understand the idiocies of leaving the richest common market in the world. Maybe they should have thought of this before. The Eu had not changed or hidden this position ever!
Yep. A decision as big as Brexit should have never been given to the public.
The majority of brits didn’t really know what they were getting, they were sold lies by right wing media, nationalist rhetoric, and opened up a can of worms in regards to the union itself, as it’s more likely than ever before a reunited Ireland will happen within the next 10 /15 years and once that’s happened there’s no stopping the Scottish independence movement. Brexit will be the death of the UK as we know it.
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
There no sorting out to be done ‘ it’s already sorted ‘ u voted for Brexit ‘ u won’ it’s already sorted
Trade with the EU was going well until Brexit. Why did the fishermen vote to fix what was not broken? This is their own fault...
Greed.
Greed probably. Don't think the UK like's level playing fields
What a dumb comment. Most fisherman, if convinced that voting Brexit would strengthen British fishing, would vote leave. I expect many are supporting families so why would they not vote for a promise of a better tomorrow. Certainly not their fault.
It’s not their fault. They were being conned by the clown.
They thought they could get rid of the bad immigrants and “take back control”
Who’s in control now?
Their dear leader and the EU
I feel sorry for them
@Maria Hewitt Sorry he moved on.
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"after European Union export ban" typical Rupert Murdock crap - anyone can look up commission regulation 1251/2008 and see that the regulation concerning this subject was decided (and approved by the UK govt) in 2008 so obviously the regulation that we helped to put in place still applies. Disingenuous (and of course a lie) to place this as a header
It's mad they voted for this. Project reality.
They voted for it - let them own it
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
@@Iazzaboyce Any fault is on them that promoted & supported the Brexit con!!
In all fareness...they deserve it. fishermen voted for Brexit and therefore have to live with the consequences.
It's really the covid closure of UK restaurants that has caused the problem. When the UK restaurants open again they will buy UK fish first. In 2018 the UK imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU of which 32.4 thousand tons was shellfish.
It would be a good idea when reporters cover these stories to establish how they voted in the referendum even though most fishermen voted leave not all of them did, then we can decide whether they deserve any sympathy or not.
Really, so any fisherman that voted Brexit as they were told that British fishing will become more profitable do not deserve sympathy?
@@martinfleming7001 Up to the end of last year 70 to 80% of our fisheries products were exported to the EU it wasn't rocket science to work out they were taking a risk voting to leave and they were quite happy for their industry to be the poster boys of brexit. I take no pleasure watching them suffer however when it comes to being sympathetic they aren't the only ones whose businesses are suffering and more to the point there are remainers who warned them of the potential consequences who are suffering because of their actions.
@@kjm1059 Another thing, UK are claiming fishing rights around some island (Iceland maybe, not sure) but EU won't accept exports from them.
What's the point, most of the non "favourite" fish is exported.
So its a protectionist racket , Nigel farage was right and I'm glad were not a part of the corruption any more , as for shellfish i would say, what price freedom
@@intheyear2510 Yes it protects its members, it's becoming obvious what that means for some UK industries.
Mmmm, I don't understand as we were told the EU needed us more than we needed them
LET ME EXPLAIN, NEVER TRUST JOHNNY FOREIGNER. "PoliticsHome has seen an email sent by Fisheries Minister Victoria Prentis in November, just weeks before the end of the Brexit transition period, which said that this trade would be able to restart with “the introduction of a relevant certificate," which Brussels is due to introduce on April 21.
However, the EU has told the industry that this will not be the case."
Apparently not ?
80 million people in the uk compared to 400 million people in the EU.
@@kevonslims7269 More like: UK: 66,7 million, EU: 445 million.
@@poronkieli I’m sorry my bad.
But this is what the British people voted for. The brexit chicken has come home to roost.
Now they want the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels to do something for them.
And I thought since Brexit they've thrown off the shackles.
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
@@albefuctivino1488 Exactly. Also known as "de pee'le"
Aren't they joking ?
I remember these same guys protesting 1 year ago demanding BoJo No Deal Brexit right away and insulting the rest of the EU from their fishing boats !
They have some nerve. At some point i wonder if they understood what they voted for ?
There is an upside to this. Since there is little point in catching fish from UK waters, these waters can now serve as a breeding grounds for fish. So when the time is right or when these fish swim over to Frances, Belgiums, the Netherlands or Danish waters, there will be ample fish for the EU fishermen to catch...
happy Brexit
I can't believe the EU is being so shellfish!
😁😁 we shell overcome it...
The EU haven't changed their position at all. All 3rd country imports are banned on the say-so of the UK government who in 2008 wanted to have a closed market for the shell-fish exports to the rEU. Now we voted to become a 3rd country and the legislation we wanted is being applied.
I dont know if i should laugh or cry
Good! Let them lose their homes!
They voted for that!
It's really the covid closure of UK restaurants that has caused the problem. When the UK restaurants open again they will buy UK fish first. In 2018 the UK imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU of which 32.4 thousand tons was shellfish.
Muppet
Sky news. My goodness. Thick as a plank.third country regulation being called a ban.
Wasn't Brexit all about fisherman's rights and livelihoods! Wasn't it all supposed to get much better for them? It seems life is not without a sense of irony...
If they'd carried out a wee bit of research they would have known this could/would happen, a large majority of the fishermen voted for it, they were warned about it so they have no one to blame but themselves.
The evil EU. HOW DARE THEY!!
Credit brexit for this one, boys
so much nonsense in 2:54, uncountable. Get your facts right first, then trace where it had gone wrong and change it. Blaming again the EU is stupid, one has to start to accept the consequences of their own decisions and mistakes to change for the better. If that does not happen, no improvement will be possible.
It went wrong in 2019 election. People had their chance to turn the tide back but instead chose to “get brexit done”. Next election will show if they learned any lesson
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
The cannon fodder of Johnson's ambition.
Except Cannon fodder in the past was drafted and forced to the front. These fools volunteered, cheering all the way.
Their own fault. Anyone with half a brain saw this coming years ago.
the rules are the rules, we took back control and the EU have said keep your oysters. Seems fair.
No new market can be found that will be as valuable as the EU... due what economists call “ Gravity “
Translates as: Sell for highest price closest
They require purification to be sold in the UK if from class b water.......important info missing from the story
Can members of UK government be purified ??...
"They require purification to be sold in the UK if from class b water". No to be sold in the EU.
They were lied to but like a truly crazy person, they will continue listening to farage and the torys.
It's really the covid closure of UK restaurants that has caused the problem. When the UK restaurants open again they will buy UK fish first. In 2018 the UK imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU of which 32.4 thousand tons was shellfish.
And Nigel is a bit busy learning Dutch at the moment. He is working in EU right now. How ironic isn’t it.
Obviously they had no idea what they were voting for and again the reaction is to blame other countries and the EU for their own mistakes.
I bet these fishermen voted for Brexit, same goes for the farmers. It's like the turkey voting for Christmas🙄
I used to purchases stuff online worth £200-300 a month from the UK - no more since I received my first import invoice last week.
Tories must do something right because they lead in polls and people still want Brexit.
No one said there will be winners in Brexit only.
only prosper mightily in Sunlit Uplands with Merkel begging for a deal and leading the world sitting at the top tables holding all the cards and having a massive trade area vastly bigger than the EU has got.
But otherwise, no winners
Along with Bozo's own one ' have our cake and eat it ' !
Or David Davis ' there are no downside to Brexit, only considerable up side ' !
Isn't that selling the Brexit dream ? Hucksters sold the dream and useful idiots bought it !
If you'd read the Telegraph nothing wrong is happening and they're asking Remainers to accept that Brexit is a success...
Well if someone could get jelly head Johnson to just look out the window that would be a start.
"No way to predict this would happen" - said the man who fell of his bike after he pushed a stick in the spinning wheels
biggest LEOPARD ATE MY FACE moment of this century so far - brexit 😂😂😂
The irony: Most fisherman were for pro brexit.
Why cannot not sell them here in England !!!!!!!!!
@Independent Scotland interesting
I think they can sell some but catches like Herring are usually exported because there is not so much demand domestically. Ironically catches like cod now have to be imported
May be because its to expensive in England
When the restaurant's start opening again there will be alot more sales of shellfish and fish alot of people in the uk dont really buy shellfish to cook at home much probably because it's not cooked and de-shelled. It's a shame that they dont teach culinary skills in schools enough.
Indeed, English people should be forced to eat shellfish.
There is no export ban, uk left, uk is third country now
Fgs they didn’t even read the EU rules that the UK helped put in place decades ago. I am amazed at the gross incompetence of the leadership in the UK governance structure and the leadership of the fishing industry. The EU didn’t change its position it’s the UK that left and didn’t read the friggen rules
And every day they look at the mirror thinking, I voted for this 🥲
That's awful.
Lol
Serves them right, greedy fisherman.
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
like slugs voting for salt
i wonder why the adaptation are so poor, why not open the uk market? I really can not find any local fishmonger selling fresh seafood and the price are affordable.
It's not just shellfish: ask yourself why the British eat so little fish. As a nation we don't like it enough to get anywhere near replacing the vast EU market where our fishermen and women once prospered. That lovely big free market ...
I guess that in the main people prefer gammon !
(I'm a vegetarian myself so neither appeals to me.)
@@michaelgoode9555 british people don't like it or just yourself don't like it. why those report and doctor ask people to eat more fish and people not change their diet much? because of lack of choice and the price are much much higher than the meat. not able to adapt to a challenge just has one answer - finish.
These are simple men, easily led. They were warned but only thought that others would suffer. I've little sympathy for them.
It's really the covid closure of UK restaurants that has caused the problem. When the UK restaurants open again they will buy UK fish first. In 2018 the UK imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU of which 32.4 thousand tons was shellfish.
@@Iazzaboyce funny how it kicked in on January 1st 2021. The fish we import isn't the kind of fish we can catch in " our own" waters. Seriously... Wake up. Brexists were mislead and made a terrible mistake. For the good of our country.....admit it.
Exactly. They were all cheerful and happy at the idea of cutting off EU fishermen from their livelihoods. But now that the shoe is on the other foot, suddenly it is sooo unfair!
@@Iazzaboyce UK exported 342 thousand tons to EU. It’s not a one way street.
The sad thing is most of these guys voted Brexit. Most Brexit voters we from low income homes and unfortunately they will get effective the most.
No, the truly sad thing is that, given the chance, they would do it again tomorrow.
The ironic thing is European boats still have access to our waters.
And have a market to sell in.
If Boris reduces their access. Then Europe can put tariffs on any fish we manage to sell there.
so the fishing industry has be royally fucked.
Welcome to de brexit sir !
Leopard ate my face - there’s a surprise !!
Might be an idea if we joined the EU?
Yeah, but what about taking back control and sovereignty 🤣🤣🤣
Nonsense. All that is required is for the shellfish to be processed (depurated) and the EU will accept imports. It's just a matter of a little investment and some more UK jobs which I'm sure the UK government will provide, oh, and some compensation for the fisherman too.
@@Iazzaboyce Trouble being that purified Live BVM go off quicker than unpurified ones, that is why they really need to be purified where they are sold. Also who is going to make a major investment in what is effectively a dead industry.
@@geraldaird9390 That may be the case, but it's still possible to transport purified shellfish from UK to the EU within the reduced time frame. I somehow doubt purification facilities exist in each part of the EU, so purified shellfish must be transported all over the EU. The main problem facing UK fishermen is the covid closure of UK restaurants. Potentiality, the UK is a substantial market that will pick-up and adapt. In 2018 the UK actually imported 228.7 thousand tons of fish from the EU, 32.4 thousand tons of which were shellfish.
@@Iazzaboyce Then the problem of the end of the grace period comes into play, which will delay exports due to the excessive paperwork. The expense of installing purification tanks is unlikely to be worth the investment for such a small industry like mollusc fishing.
I don't know why people actually want to eat them, after reading about the dangers of untreated shellfish.
The three main categories of shellfish poisoning include paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). These conditions are caused by toxins that can accumulate in bivalves, causing neurological, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms that can even be fatal in extreme cases.
typical for sky news: distorting facts
The EU did not ban anything. The EU did not change the position.
The UK did leave the Single Market and now the Rules originally drafted and supported by the UK, apply to the UK.
Is this still Project Fear?
It's the leaver who are lemoaning.
No, it’s Project Reality
It's Brexiteers wondering where the cake went. In their defence, they didn't eat it.
NO ! It’s the reality behind “Nigel is a great bloke,a man of the people.”
NO ! It’s the Tory party getting all the POWER.
The EU has not changed anything. These rules were always there to protect EU fishermen. Now with Brexit these rules apply to the UK but as a country outside the EU.
"Welcome to the brexit sir"
Racism is expensive
Well, bad, but serves them right. The hope of gaining more fishing ground made them blind to see the lost in market access.
The purpose of the brexit vote was to leave the EU and therefore leave behind any trade agreements with the EU as well and that's exactly what happened. There is no confusion.
To be fair Scottish shellfish gatherers understood this and voted by a large majority to Remain. That suggests Scots were much better educated on this matter. I do feel truly sorry for them.
They are...