Re: barnier the begging clown
Originally Posted by
Solasch
->
The icelanders hadn't sold their fishing rights (to british fishers or any others).
Then there is the present fishing problem: the UK would like full access to the EU market to sell its fish there, but in return the EU wants full access for its boats to fish in UK waters. British negotiators say that's not possible because the UK is now an independent coastal state.
The UK government says becoming an independent coastal state after Brexit will give it the right to decide "who fishes in our waters and on what terms".
But, as we all know, a significant portion of the existing UK quota is already in foreign hands.
But Dr Emma Cardwell, from the University of Glasgow, told the BBC that an enforced change in ownership would be "legally tricky" for the government.
Many parts of the quota were sold by English fishermen in the 1990s when fishing rights were cut dramatically. Cod fishing, for instance, was almost entirely stopped for several years.
Foreign companies then bought it up as a long-term investment, and experts say the quota market has been allowed to develop in an unregulated way ever since.
"There's a lack of clarity on the legal status of fishing rights," Dr Cardwell said, "meaning the government is very vulnerable to litigation if it tries to reallocate quota.
"Any foreign fishing companies that purchased UK quota in good faith would be very likely to sue if this was now taken away from them."
Solasch, let me explain it in simple terms. British waters return to British control on 1st January at 00.01 minute past midnight. All of your pathetic threats and demands will not change that fact.
How dare you assume you are still entitled to retain your current extremely privileged access to British waters,. Yes, admittedly conceded by that snake then running our country, Edward Heath and his negotiators, who used our Fishing industry as a bargaining chip for entry into your rotten, corrupt EU. He and his government didn’t place the same premium on our Fishing Industry as other countries did (most notably, Spain). This utter betrayal by Heath is finally coming to an end. The stench of the CFP with its over fishing and bad management will forever be stuck in the throats of our once proud Fishing Fleet, which was decimated by 60% and ripped the heart out of their communities. Every person who had to stand and watch as fishing communities were destroyed forever, will be rejoicing on 1st January when you will obey our rules and regulations regarding fishing rights, but governed by our own fishing management in future, instead of the EU with their disgraceful CFP policy, which frankly, has for the past 40 odd years, been nothing short of a circus.
We all know the mantra of the EU -’’ Equal access to a common resource’’ - trouble is., it wasn’t, was it? It stopped us managing our right to manage our own waters. The EU gave grants to country’s like yours to build more powerful boats and caused minimum market prices which stopped market gluts and low prices, halting over supply.
The EU caused the problem and then the idiots implemented quotas which do not work in mixed fisheries. How the hell do fishermen determine which species of fish they catch? We all know quotas led to illegal landings and the mass discarding of fish.THIS is what caused overfishing and forced fishermen to overfish and catch MORE than necessary to find what they could keep!.
And then to add insult to injury, when the atrocious EU set the quotas, the UK only received 25% of fishing even though it is our waters that contributed half the sea area and catches.
How the EU must have chuckled at such a prize.
With our fishermen being deprived of their livelihoods, along with EU-funded over capacity and their disgraceful failed quota system. The EU, and they alone, are responsible for the death of over half of our British fishing fleet.
You don’t fool me or many others with your repeated demands for the same rights. Boris knows better than to ever give into your failed CFP system. No way will he ever appease your small minority of powerful vested-interests who are desperate to keep the same system. Time you accepted this simple fact.
From day one when Heath betrayed us, the EU quota policy was nothing but a sly and disgusting way of getting rid of British fleets to make way for an EU fleet, ruled of course, by the EU Codfathers policy.
You never give your view on how you would feel if the same betrayal had been heaped upon your fishing fleets in the Netherlands. All we ever seem to read is your mockery and more threats. It would be interesting to know if your reaction would be any different to ours and our Government. I would be interested to have your view.
Regardless, I look forward with relish to being one of the first to be at the front of the queue holding up a nice glass of British bubbly on day one when our fishing grounds truly once again belong to us, Britain,, a fully independent coastal nation once again. If any EU fishing fleets carry out their threats of trouble instead of obeying the law and following our new rules marked on fresh paper in new ink….So be it, Bring it on, We have faced far worse in our lifetime.