{"id":2953,"date":"2021-01-18T21:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T02:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2023-12-20T02:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:53:23","slug":"is-uk-inc-just-fishing-lets-hope-not-for-brexits-sake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/2021\/01\/18\/is-uk-inc-just-fishing-lets-hope-not-for-brexits-sake\/","title":{"rendered":"Is UK Inc. just fishing? Let&#8217;s hope not, for Brexit&#8217;s sake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2959 alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-photo-464434-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Boat stuck in the sand\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-photo-464434-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-photo-464434-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-photo-464434-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-photo-464434-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-photo-464434-1.jpeg 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We are barely two weeks into Brexit, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>the UK fishing industry seems in serious trouble<\/strong><\/span>. Let&#8217;s hope the rest of the UK isn&#8217;t right behind.<\/p>\n<p>Fishermen have overwhelmingly voted to leave, as the Common Fishery Policies gave access to UK waters to European fishing boats for a majority of the catch. The treaty, signed during Christmas, plans a much larger share of the UK catch for UK fishermen, and free access to Europe. So all good, right? Quite the opposite.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>British fishermen can catch more fish, yes, but unfortunately export formalities at the border are so difficult, that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>fish are rotting in the trucks before they can reach the continent<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>As a result, fish processors and transporters have told boat owners that they can&#8217;t buy their fish anymore. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fish prices in UK are 40-80% down<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Boats are mostly staying in the harbors<\/strong><\/span>. Some of those who go out are sailing to Denmark harbors to sell their catch, a 72h journey.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>So fishermen have their fish, but they can&#8217;t eat it<\/strong><\/span>, aka sell it to Europe anymore. It looks like the unrestricted flow of goods and a large European market had some value after all&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Worse, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>European buyers are now looking for different providers<\/strong><\/span>, after realizing the problem is there to stay. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-55706114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This spells doom for UK exporters<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Fishermen, fish processors and fish exporters feel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-55706114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">betrayed by Westminster<\/a>, and will drop their rotten fish in London.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>London talks of &#8216;teething&#8217; problems<\/strong><\/span>, which enrages the fishermen further, as the problem seems structural and therefore unsolvable. Let&#8217;s not even mention that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/jan\/13\/fisheries-minister-admits-not-reading-brexit-bill-as-she-was-at-nativity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fisheries minister did not read the Brexit deal<\/a>, since she was too busy with Christmas.<\/li>\n<li>To make it even harder, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>70% of the UK&#8217;s fishermen are in Scotland and Scotland voted for remain<\/strong><\/span>. No doubt this situation will feed the call for a new independence referendum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alasdairlane\/2021\/01\/17\/brexit-tensions-in-ireland-as-supermarket-shelves-sit-empty\/?sh=1c55b41d7b65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irish supermarkets are empty<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>the flow of goods from Britain to Ireland is subject to red tape as well<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/independentpremium\/world\/brexit-shortage-paris-marks-and-spencer-b1787575.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marks &amp; Spencer shops in Paris are also empty<\/a>. The stores are actually owned by franchisees who have no idea when the flow of goods will restart.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Many other industries seem similarly impacted<\/strong><\/span>, as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/jan\/18\/brexiters-damage-horse-racing-fishing-haulage-industry-chaos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friction is the new normal<\/a>&#8220;: horse racing, car industry, meat, fencing equipment makers, transportation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/18\/business\/brexit-chemical-industry-uk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chemicals<\/a>, airlines, pharmaceuticals&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>A solution would be to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/jan\/17\/shock-brexit-charges-are-hurting-us-say-small-british-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open warehouses and offices in continental Europe<\/a>, aka <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>firing staff in the UK and hiring in Poland<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>And let&#8217;s not forget that the treaty covers only industry &#8211; 20% of the country&#8217;s GDP. <a href=\"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/2020\/12\/29\/the-many-unsolved-issues-of-the-christmas-brexit-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The services industry is looming to a probably even worse situation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So far the government&#8217;s answer has been a request patience as the country adapts to the new world of regulations and red tape. Westminster also promises compensation for the fishermen. Which begs the question if only the fishing industry (0.2% of the GDP) will be impacted and need financial help from the government. Unfortunately, many exporters find the same friction, and the government has limited resources, and 2020 brought UK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2020\/11\/25\/business\/us-economy-coronavirus#britains-economy-is-in-the-midst-of-its-deepest-recession-in-three-centuries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its deepest recession in three centuries<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Credits to <a href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/dani-garavelli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dani Garavelli<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Scotsman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"background: white;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/politics\/insight-how-scottish-fishing-being-sunk-red-tape-brexit-3103190\" width=\"100%\" height=\"650\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brexit is a catastrophe for the fishing industry, despite being a critical issue in the debates. Unfortunately, that 0.2% of the UK\u2019s GDP may only be the tip of the iceberg. <\/p>\n<p>So far, the government is asking for patience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[28,26,171,172,27],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13071,"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions\/13071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navesinkinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}