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Originally Posted by jfman
You fail to have grasped that fish migrate across territorial waters, and unsustainable fishing by either side ends up with everyone losing.
Of course we aren't obliged to do anything for the EU, however we are under obligation to our fishing communities to ensure that fishing in the sea is done in a sustainable way.
Equally, we have businesses in supply chains that would like fresh fish found in EU waters more than ours - therefore it's in both our interests to get fresh fish to our shores as quickly as possible rather than import it from the EU. This makes the negotiation very important.
Someone hasn't woke up and smelt coffee but I doubt it is the EU, our Government are sleeping at the wheel here and an extension inevitable.
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We are perfectly capable of setting our own limits for UK waters. How much of any overfishing in UK and non-UK waters is down to other EU countries(eg Spain). I doubt we are looking to completely ban EU fleets, just to be the ones that decide and control that, just as the EU would be able to decide and control fishing in EU waters.
Either EU fishing rights are such a huge benefit for them, or the EU are just being awkward.