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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Presumably French and other fishermen's business models weren't based around fishing in UK waters. This has happened over a 40-year period and they are keen to protect their livelihoods. Unfortunately, they are good at port blockades so catch politicians' ears quite effectively.
This is how it works. Not saying it's good or bad, it's just the way it is.
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So who was catching the fish in UK waters back then? Why did the EEC do a power grab of fishing waters around that time?
Nobody is saying the EU should be shut out completely whatever, just that it has has to be by agreement and not one that the EU one-sidedly controls.
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He wrote: “The UK has the fifth largest exclusive economic zone in the world (approximately 6.8 million square kilometers) and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) surrounding the United Kingdom accounts for 11% of the total area, with some 774,000 square kilometers (the others being EEZs of Crown Dependencies or British Overseas Territories).
“Apart from Norway, which is not part of the EU’s marine management, the British EEZ is the largest” shared “EEZ” operating within the framework of the common fisheries policy (CFP) in Northern Europe .
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If fishing is such a huge deal to the EU, shouldn't that have concentrated EU minds on getting a trade deal FIRST?
The EU has known all along that control of fishing was a huge red line for the UK.