Britain, or more accurately the Heath Conservatives, gave away control of Britain's fishing grounds to what we know now as the EU. However, the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is the richest fishing area in the EU, and one of the most promising in the world.
What, then?
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What, then?
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The Johnson Conservatives, when negotiating Britain's exit from the EU, decided to effectively sacrifice Britain's control of its waters in a trade-off to secure deals for Britain's car manufacturers, most of which as you well know are foreign-owned.
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It is up to the British Government now to rebuild our fishing industry. And that includes recapturing control of the UK EEZ. No more EU factory ships. No more EU access even, until we have got our fishing fleets back up to full strength. And possibly not even after that.
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The claim has always been that our fishing industry needs access to the EU consumer market. But Dutch supertrawlers hoovering up fish from UK waters are mostly exporting them to the Far East. And Britain is a net importer of fish, so could therefore become a net exporter.
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