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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
I'm not saying it's made up any more than you're saying these fishermen are liars. If fishing is going up, then it's not in decline, and there's no problem.So why is fishing in decline, and why do we have a problem?
Overfishing is the simplest explanation. see link posted by jack.
Originally Posted by OngBonga
British people. We eat a lot of fish.
People don't suddenly start stuffing themselves with certain foods because their country can no longer export it due to tariffs. They might eat more if the price goes down (a price drop which is bad for fishermen) due to lack of trade, but in aggregate that won't make the fishermen better off. Catch more fish and sell it cheaper is not a solution.
Originally Posted by OngBonga
I don't think anyone pretends to be certain things will improve.
Certain enough to support Brexit though, that's the problem.
Here's some idea of how complicated the single issue of fishing is re: Brexit. Best case scenario is we get a trade deal similar to one we have now, which seems pretty unlikely given we'd be giving them two fingers up. Worst is we get treated like every other riff raff country. How many of those well-informed protesters and/or Leavers read this report I wonder (or an analogous report, assuming one exists, for NE England)? Of the ones who did, how many had the level of intelligence/training to understand it? It's pretty dense and complicated.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/ec...-exit/pages/6/
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