Hughes, S. (2022, February 2). Brexit ‘fails to deliver Government promises on fishing industry,’ new study reveals. PHYS ORG. Retrieved February 6, 2022, from https://phys.org/news/2022-02-brexit-fishing-industry-reveals.html
Brexit’s effect on fisheries has had a disappointing effect on the fishermen and constituents of coastal communities. Brexit promised to protect more marine habitats and fisheries while giving fishermen a higher cut of their catch. Brexit’s proposals for example promised to protect Dogger Bank an area that has been overfished for centuries. But there have been few changes made to protect the Dogger Bank habitats. In addition to this, fishermen were promised minimized taxes on their catches due to England being out of the E.U. but these promises have not been kept.
Brexit has lowered the safety of coastal ecosystems and it has not met the promises of increasing fishermen’s pay. The protections that Brexit has not issued to ecosystems that have been overfished for a long time has put many species and habitats at risk. The monetary gains from Brexit for fishermen has been virtually little to none. No longer in the E.U. trade takes longer to go through regulations. Other European countries no longer have the desire to buy English fish due to the high cost and time it takes to reach its destination.
It’s sad how Brexit isn’t protecting Marine life. Why do you think Brexit isn’t keeping its promise? Is it because of the money? Or just making any change is hard?
It’s always interesting to me why these companies decide to go against their promises. In this case, I think it is probably a positive thing that they are reducing transportation, however, it is a bummer that these fisheries are missing out on the opportunity to protect marine life.
I think these are the important side effects of a political event that did not mention the environment. I hope that with the absence of EU regulations, the UK government can step up and enact meaningful legislation that will protect its fisheries and help out the fishermen.
I agree with the disappointment you have expressed regarding UK fishing laws. The government had a duty to prevent overfishing while also protecting the livelihoods of fishers. What do you mean by “giving fishermen a higher percent of their catch”? Does that mean the government takes a share of fish caught?
I don’t get why brexit isn’t helping out. what government or group can step in to fix this problem?