Greemble
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No.
Look again at who was being quoted.
Is anyone concerned about the inevitable French fishing boat anger.after Brexit.
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Look again at who was being quoted.
jordanbasset
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That is the situation in a nutshell
Mudisox
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Surely more appropriate for the Lounge.
jordanbasset
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dom
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The counter argument being that we don't want to rip everything even remotely contentious out of this forum, thereby turning it in to a virtual padded cell for those of a nervous and unstable disposition.....
I very much doubt it will happen, but if there truly is an anti-British backlash by the French, then sailors are surely wise to discuss strategies in advance?
25931
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Are you under the delusion that anything written on here could have the slightest effect in the real world ?
dom
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Are you under the delusion that anything written on here could have the slightest effect in the real world ?
The forum is certainly deteriorating of late, but sure, I have often taken advice on here with generally very good results. I've also sailed and raced with a surprisingly diverse range of posters and can only speak of good encounters - we have even won some events!
If that's delusional, then I'm all for it!
fisherman
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I talked with a Breton fisherman last year, he told me we get away with doing what we like. When i detailed the regs applied to us he was bouchefrapped.
Just to reiterate: any UK quota/licence is only available to a UK reg vessel.
Quotas are dished out to individual countries, which administer them as they see fit, and according to their own view of what is legally and morally correct.
Policing can be done by any appointed officer on any vessel.
Should any country decide to help themselves it would be a breach of international law.
My mate Jimbo has been told in le Guilvenec that if he turns up to land fish after any action to curtail French access, his catch is going in the harbour.
We don't expect any UK government to stand up to the EU on this.
Just to reiterate: any UK quota/licence is only available to a UK reg vessel.
Quotas are dished out to individual countries, which administer them as they see fit, and according to their own view of what is legally and morally correct.
Policing can be done by any appointed officer on any vessel.
Should any country decide to help themselves it would be a breach of international law.
My mate Jimbo has been told in le Guilvenec that if he turns up to land fish after any action to curtail French access, his catch is going in the harbour.
We don't expect any UK government to stand up to the EU on this.
Frogmogman
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This Greenpeace article explains the different ways the UK has allocated fishing quota, and how the UK Government has mismanaged the whole thing pretty well.
Privatising the seas: how the UK turned fishing rights into a commodity
Privatising the seas: how the UK turned fishing rights into a commodity
NotBirdseye
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As long as they pay for it, I'm sure the Cap'n won't mind.
25931
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You are quite right. I was thinking only of French reaction.The forum is certainly deteriorating of late, but sure, I have often taken advice on here with generally very good results. I've also sailed and raced with a surprisingly diverse range of posters and can only speak of good encounters - we have even won some events!
If that's delusional, then I'm all for it!
Metabarca
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Hey, and who was supposed to be fighting our corner in Brussels? What was his name again?
fisherman
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agreed, but name any other mep who did any better...
We have been relentlessy stitched up since 1973
https://getbritainout.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Stolen-Seas.pdf
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AndrewfromFal
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In which case, why would the government go to great expense to prop up an industry that brings less money into the UK economy than Harrods?
AndrewfromFal
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He could have done better by at least turning up to the meetings, but he was too busy stoking racism and xenophobia about Eastern Europeans and securing German Passports for his offspring.
Kelpie
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Are you sure about that? License, yes, but I'm pretty sure quota is traded freely by the POs. And there isn't really such a thing as 'UK quota', it covers an area of the sea.
fisherman
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I'm not sure he could. He always sadi there was no point, and to a certaiin extent I sympathise with that.
Lucky Duck
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Did he even try? He certainly seems happy enough to take the salary and the other benefits
fisherman
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Yes I'm sure. Otherwise, why do foreign fishing interests need to have UK companies and boats?
Fishermen are roundly accused of selling their fishing rights to foreign interests. 80% of UK fishermen are in the under ten metre sector, and are completely unable to sell any quota. Larger outfits can, but not to a non UK vessel. I would not style these big businesses as fishermen.
fisherman
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And it's a measure of our interest in fishing, as a government or nation, that he wasn't replaced.