The Consequences of Brexit [part 4]

[retep]

Let’s put this into context. BHS collapsed with the loss of 11,000 jobs.

 

You have no idea of what the priorities really are.

 

There used to be 50,000 fishermen in the UK now down to less than 12,000,

that's without the associated business.

[melthebell]

Hopefully Britain will become a seafaring nation again as it once was; we are an island after all.

yup we can all travel round the globe discovering new islands

 

oh wait

 

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If you lived of worked near the coast and your community relied or once relied on the fishing industry, then you would expert after Brexit that the United Kingdom fishing industry would have much higher quotas etc then before Brexit resulting in more local jobs, especially if you voted to leave the EU.

i DO live near the coast, with a few hardy fishermen thanks

[Magilla]

It's the UK government that decides how our quota is allocated. If it ends up in the hands of foreign owned vessels that's the fault of the UK government - not the EU.

 

Quite so:-

http://theconversation.com/what-would-brexit-really-mean-for-the-uks-fishing-industry-56312

 

The fact that a single giant Dutch-owned vessel nets a quarter of the English quota (6% of the UK total) might be shocking, especially considering the UK’s quota is in theory shared between more than 6,000 vessels, but the UK government could easily change how it allocates fish.

 

Something tells me that fishermen aren't going to be happy with the end deal.

 

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If you lived of worked near the coast and your community relied or once relied on the fishing industry, then you would expert after Brexit that the United Kingdom fishing industry would have much higher quotas etc then before Brexit resulting in more local jobs, especially if you voted to leave the EU.

 

Since the allocation of quotas was always the responsibility of the UK government, not the EU, I wouldn't be holding my breath.

 

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#DespiteBrexit, here's some more excellent news that we will all be delighted at;

 

Airbus will stay in Britain after Brexit despite warning it could move business abroad

 

The aerospace giant was staunchly against leaving the EU, but says it believes Britain is still 'a competitive place to invest'

 

Maybe they're not so certain now:-

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43285318

 

Airbus said it had a policy of "first addressing workforce issues with its social partners" before any public disclosure.

 

Sounds a lot like job losses, lets hope not.

Edited March 5, 2018 by Magilla

[tzijlstra]

There used to be 50,000 fishermen in the UK now down to less than 12,000,

that's without the associated business.

 

There used to be hundreds of thousands of coal miners as well.

[Lockdoctor]

There used to be hundreds of thousands of coal miners as well.

The big difference is that there is still plenty of fish in the seas around the UK coast and in traditional UK waters to catch, while there isn't plenty of coal to economically mine underground anymore.

[melthebell]

The big difference is that there is still plenty of fish in the seas around the UK coast and in traditional UK waters to catch, while there isn't plenty of coal to economically mine underground anymore.

But fish STILL NEED managing, theres not that many to go catching willy nilly.

[RJRB]

The big difference is that there is still plenty of fish in the seas around the UK coast and in traditional UK waters to catch, while there isn't plenty of coal to economically mine underground anymore.

 

Just read about the history of fishing

Whilst some fish stocks are recovering in the North Sea,this is due to applying fishing quotas which were imperative in recent history.

The enormous herring fleets which operated from Scotland and down the east coast of England will never be allowed to return.

There will not be plenty of fish in U.K. waters without quotas,

[Lockdoctor]

But fish STILL NEED managing, theres not that many to go catching willy nilly.

Yes I agree, but our own government should manage them and give UK fishermen priority when allocating quotas.

[melthebell]

Just read about the history of fishing

Whilst some fish stocks are recovering in the North Sea,this is due to applying fishing quotas which were imperative in recent history.

The enormous herring fleets which operated from Scotland and down the east coast of England will never be allowed to return.

There will not be plenty of fish in U.K. waters without quotas,

 

He'll be wanting us to go back out in massive wooden boats catching whales with massive wooden harpoons next OO

[Lockdoctor]

Just read about the history of fishing

Whilst some fish stocks are recovering in the North Sea,this is due to applying fishing quotas which were imperative in recent history.

The enormous herring fleets which operated from Scotland and down the east coast of England will never be allowed to return.

There will not be plenty of fish in U.K. waters without quotas,

Agree , the point is the UK haven't been allocated fair quotas in recent years. If that is the fault of the UK Government, then future Governments will no longer be able to blame the EU assuming a fair Brexit deal is agreed for the UK fishing industry.

 

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He'll be wanting us to go back out in massive wooden boats catching whales with massive wooden harpoons next OO

Is there still a whalebone arch at Whitby?