Re: Deal before Year End?
Originally Posted by
shropshiregirl
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Glad to see Boris holding fast against the threats of the EU by informing them unless they give way it will be no deal.
Just one thing worries me. The EU demanded 10 years unfettered plundering of our fishing grounds, Boris offered 3 years! EU come back with 8 years, insiders say they may settle with 5 years.
NO, NO, NO! no concession with fishing at all. The EU should not have one week of continued fishing without us having one hundred percent control of our seas from 11pm 31/12/20.
If Boris caves now at the 11th hour, he will never be forgiven.
Latest I've heard is that the EU have cut their TAC by about 75% for most species for 2021.
Looks like they have a choice - Boris' deal or no deal and neither of them have EU control of UK fisheries attached to them. Could be that the EU is ramping down quotas to wind up the EU fleet and then blaming the whole thing on Brexit .. who knows. maybe they want to create a hostile environment in the EU so they avoid buying our fish
or we agreed to subsidise their defunct fishermen for the next 10 years with 39 billion of divorce bill....
Anyway, increasing our conservation areas, no take zones and zonal attachment means that the UK fleet can still take the lions share of UK quotas while conserving and allowing stocks to recover.
... Norway are also considering slashing EU quota in favour of joint management of fisheries with the UK and quota shares between us and them - no EU middle man.