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UK fishing industry caught between rock and hard place on trade talks
In the Devon fishing port of Brixham, some are already regretting the decision to back Brexit
Boris Johnson has vowed to take back control of the UK’s “spectacular maritime wealth” but at 6am on Monday in Brixham, England’s biggest fishing port by value, there is nervousness that the prime minister’s efforts to defend the industry in post-Brexit EU trade talks could end in disaster.
Ian Perkes is sitting at his computer screen by the harbour buying sole in an online auction to sell to markets across Europe. He fears that if Mr Johnson allows EU trade talks to collapse in a dispute about fisheries, the industry will face crippling tariffs in its main market on January 1 when the UK’s Brexit transition period ends.
“If the tariff was only 5 per cent we would be killed,” said Mr Perkes, the founder of a £5m-a-year fish exporting company. In fact, if trade talks collapse, the EU will soon be levying tariffs of 20 per cent on key catches like scallops. ...
... According to Mr Perkes, 80 per cent of the scallops, squid, sole, ray, langoustines and other delicacies landed here will be loaded on to trucks and sent straight to Calais and on to markets in France, Italy, Spain and Germany. Similarly, the herring and mackerel caught by Scottish boats are not staples on a UK shopping list.
The problem, rarely acknowledged by ministers, is that Britons do not much like the fish caught in the UK’s rich fishing waters. To the extent the country eats fish, it is mainly the “big five” of cod, haddock, tuna, salmon and prawns — most of which are imported. ...
... Mr Perkes, who set up his fish export business in 1976, is grappling with the paperwork required to sell into the EU single market after January 1 — paperwork that will be needed regardless of whether there is a trade deal.
“It’s a nightmare,” he said, noting that he will soon have to complete catch certificates and health certificates for each consignment to the EU, covering perhaps 30 different boats catching different species.
He has also been warned that each truck, carrying maybe £150,000 of fish supplied by a number of different exporting firms, could be turned back at Calais if all of the paperwork is not in order.
Sean Perkes, his brother, looks up from his trading screen and said that if there is no trade deal there will be trouble at the border. “If the French are losing their fishing quota, they will make life extremely difficult,” he added.
Ian Perkes, like most of the south-west fishing community, voted for Brexit as a means of taking back control of UK waters. “I wish I hadn’t,” he said. “I never looked at the implications of the paperwork. I was brainwashed.”
Tariffs on exports would — he fears — be a catastrophe for his business and the fishing boats that supply it. Barring a radical change in the dietary habits of Britain, he said the sector would be “stuffed”, adding: “If there’s no deal and there are tariffs, we are out of the game.”
https://www.ft.com/content/4f224474-4604...52-0e5cf00c67bd
Joan S@Jargent
Fisherman on @SkyNews this morning. “Yes we did vote for Brexit.”
Next sentence “We sell 90% of our fish to the EU.” Spot the problem? Absolutely tragic.
What happened to make people vote against their own interests?
Apart from 40 years of brainwashing and lies.
2:42 AM · Dec 10, 2020
meudail@meudail
My father and brother are fishermen on the west coast of Scotland.
All the shellfish they catch goes to Spain. They both voted for Brexit.
My father told me last year he wanted a no deal Brexit and that everything would carry on as normal, if it didn't it would be the EU's fault.
4:40 AM · Dec 10, 2020
Vor Ende der Brexit-Übergangsfrist
Am Ärmelkanal stauen sich schon jetzt die Lastwagen
Noch verhandeln Großbritannien und die EU, um einen harten Brexit zu vermeiden. Doch schon jetzt stauen sich am Ärmelkanal die Lastwagen. Die Häfen sind bereits seit Wochen überlastet.
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/servic...0155#kommentare
Hunger, mitten in Europa
In Großbritannien leben Millionen Kinder in Familien, die nicht ausreichend Nahrung haben. Zum ersten Mal unterstützt Unicef mit einem Notfallplan nun Essenspakete in London.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/l...fe-e6bbbe02c45b
Und das ist vor dem Brexit. Mal sehen wie das wird wenn der letztlich da ist.
Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #5033
Hunger, mitten in Europa
In Großbritannien leben Millionen Kinder in Familien, die nicht ausreichend Nahrung haben. Zum ersten Mal unterstützt Unicef mit einem Notfallplan nun Essenspakete in London.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/l...fe-e6bbbe02c45b
Und das ist vor dem Brexit. Mal sehen wie das wird wenn der letztlich da ist.
Katy@KatyJayne101
Imagine living in the 6th wealthiest nation on earth and having to rely on UNICEF to step in to feed starving children.
Welcome to Tory Britain 2020.
2:12 AM · Dec 16, 2020
Voters in England will soon see what taking back control means
ANY claim that the Westminster government is a de facto English Government is undeniable. It is also beyond peradventure that the parliament itself is a de facto English Parliament stuffed to the gunnels with a vast majority of English Tory MPs who have no objection, when it suits, for it to be named the UK Parliament, or hide their English nationalism behind the names of the other countries the letters UK are supposed to represent.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/189483...ans/?ref=twtrec
Labour MP sends the perfect Christmas present to Jacob Rees-Mogg
https://www.thenational.scot/news/189549...acob-rees-mogg/
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"Offenbar soll Großbritannien nach der sich nun abzeichnenden Lösung künftig in der Lage sein, von den EU-Standards beim Verbraucher- oder Umweltschutz abzuweichen. Sollte sich Großbritannien dadurch aber einen unfairen Vorteil verschaffen, würde ein Streitschlichtungsmechanismus zwischen beiden Seiten zum Tragen kommen."
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/alle...t/26735362.html
UK darf abweichen. Bei Streitfällen entscheidet nicht der EuGH, sondern ein "Streitschlichtungsmechanismus" wie er in Freihandelszonen üblich ist. Klingt nicht gerade danach, dass sich die EU hier durchgesetzt hat. Aber vielleicht waren das taktische Rückzüge, um sich beim äußerst wichtigen Fisch-Thema durchzusetzen...
Schlimmer als beim Brexit
Ob Laster, Schiffe oder Flugzeuge: Zwischen Großbritannien und dem Rest Europas geht nichts mehr. Noch vor Ablauf der EU-Austrittsfrist drohen Versorgungsengpässe.
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/untern...a8-1f5c846bebb6
Der Virus greift dem Brexit vor. :-)
Gov. Cuomo: UK’s COVID-19 mutation ‘is on a plane to JFK’ without testing
“Right now, this variant in the UK is getting on a plane and flying to JFK,” Cuomo, in a call to reporters Sunday, said of the mutation that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned could be 70 percent more transmissible.
“Right now. Today,” the governor stressed, calling for the feds to impose coronavirus testing of UK travelers at a “minimum,” if not an outright ban.
“Literally six flights a day. And all it takes is one person,” he said of the possible seed for the new strain’s spread.
https://nypost.com/2020/12/20/cuomo-rips...id-19-mutation/
Canada halts passenger flights from UK for 72 hours due to new virus strain
Canada is halting passenger flights from the United Kingdom for 72 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday, joining a growing list of countries barring British travelers to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus strain from the country.
The restrictions do not apply to cargo planes or planes landing for safety reasons, according to an earlier Transport Canada notice to airmen, which said the move is “necessary for aviation safety and the protection of the public.” They go into effect at midnight on Sunday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-healt...a-idUKKBN28V047
Johnson appeals to French president but freight Covid ban remains
British PM says he urged Emmanuel Macron to reopen supply chains between the continent and UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/d...ndroidApp_Other
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Epvbzy5XcAIB...=jpg&name=small
Gesundheitsdienst NHS bittet Johnson um Brexit-Aufschub
Kampf gegen ein mutiertes Coronavirus und dann noch ein No-Deal-Brexit: Der Gesundheitsdienst NHS warnt vor Überforderung und bittet inständig um Zeit. Britische Medien machen nun Hoffnung auf eine schnelle Einigung mit der EU.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/b...83-da60ffa1faf6
5 to midnight on Brexit talks? No pressure! says France
France insisted Wednesday that European Union negotiators should not yield to any time pressure imposed by the Jan. 1 economic cutoff date in the talks with Britain on a post-Brexit trade agreement, arguing that no deal would be better than a bad one. ...
On Monday, Johnson insisted it didn’t really matter whether an agreement is reached or not, saying Britain would “prosper mightily” even if the talks collapsed overnight.
Yet Beaune said Wednesday morning that a no-deal exit “would be catastrophic for the United Kingdom.” ...
https://apnews.com/article/brexit-europe...a4f558e327e3441
Wir werden ja bald sehen, wer von beiden keine Ahnung bzw. einfach nur mal wieder gelogen hat.
Und danach werden wir dann hoffendlich in den Genuss von Geschwurbel und Ablenkungen der Konserven Apologeten kommen. Moeglicherweise sogar in faszinierenden Praesentationen von Amnesie.:-)
Lufthansa airlifts food to the UK amid lorry chaos
Germany's Lufthansa is airlifting fresh fruit and vegetables to the UK on Wednesday as firms seek to beat the lorry chaos at sea ports
The airline said it is carrying 80 tonnes of food from Frankfurt to Doncaster Sheffield Airport for grocers including Tesco and Sainsbury's.
Almost 3,000 lorries remain stuck in Kent despite moves to re-start cross-Channel access from Dover.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55424448
"On Monday, Johnson insisted it didn’t really matter whether an agreement is reached or not, saying Britain would “prosper mightily” even if the talks collapsed overnight."
Das sieht ja bis jetzt alles schon mal recht vielversprechend aus.:-)
Der Parasit EU will partout nicht davon lassen, auch weiterhin in britischen Gewässern zu fischen.
Johnson Claims Brexit Victory Over EU as Spin Battle Begins
The Brexit deal may not be signed yet, but Boris Johnson’s government has already started trying to sell it at home, claiming victory over the European Union.
An internal British analysis, first reported by the Guido Fawkes website and confirmed by a U.K. official, claims 28 “wins” for the U.K., 11 for the EU, and 26 areas where the two sides compromised. But, in several cases, what the U.K. describes as a “win” doesn’t accurately compare with both sides’ opening demands.
For Johnson, a deal is both a political victory and a problem. Even though he won a large majority at last year’s election under the slogan “Get Brexit Done,” he still needs Parliament to approve any accord. Many pro-Brexit Tories have waited years for Britain to break free of what they see as the EU’s shackles and are wary of any compromise with the bloc that could limit the U.K.’s freedom of action in future. ...
... JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s chief U.K. economist, Malcolm Barr, offered a different assessment from the British government.
“The EU appears to have secured a deal which allows it to retain nearly all of the advantages it derives from its trading relationship with the U.K., while giving it the ability to use regulatory structures to cherry pick among the sectors where the U.K. had previously enjoyed advantages in the trading relationship,” Barr said in a research note.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...s?sref=yMmXm5Iy
Revealed: the millionaires hoarding UK fishing rights
A painstaking five-month long investigation shows that a small group of wealthy families control huge swathes of the country’s fishing quota
More than a quarter of the United Kingdom’s fishing quota is in the hands of a tiny group of the country’s wealthiest families, an Unearthed investigation has found.
Just five families on the Sunday Times Rich List hold or control 29% of the UK’s fishing quota.
The finding comes from a new Unearthed investigation that traced the owners of more than 95% of UK quota holdings – including, for the first time, those of Scotland, the UK’s biggest fishing nation.
It reveals that more than two-thirds of the UK’s fishing quota is controlled by just 25 businesses – and more than half of those are linked to one of the biggest criminal overfishing scams ever to reach the British courts.
Meanwhile, in England nearly 80% of fishing quota is held by foreign owners or domestic Rich List families, and more than half of Northern Ireland’s quota is hoarded onto a single trawler.
The news comes as the government is preparing to publish a new fisheries bill, which will set the legal foundations for the UK’s fishing industry after Brexit. But while the government is hoping it can net access to more fishing rights in the Brexit negotiations, it has said the new bill will not see any redistribution of the UK’s existing quota rights.
As Unearthed’s investigation reveals, this would leave the bulk of UK fishing rights in the hands of a small domestic elite and a handful of foreign multinationals.
Responding to Unearthed’s findings, shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman said ministers needed to take “urgent action to use the powers that they have domestically to redistribute fishing quota to deliver a fairer deal for smaller boats”.
“Fishing was the poster child of the Leave campaign and [environment secretary Michael] Gove has already broken promises he made to the industry to secure full control of our waters during the transition,” she continued. “With all the talk of ‘take back control’, ministers have the power to distribute UK quota now and put the smaller-scale fleet first. So why wasn’t it mentioned in their white paper?
“This [Unearthed story] shows that, while it points the fingers at others, this government is to blame for a sector rigged in the interests of the super-rich. Any future fishing policy must consider how new and existing quota can be more fairly distributed and we will treat this as a priority in the upcoming fisheries bill.” ...
... In England, the UK’s second largest fishing nation, three Rich List families control around 30% of the quota.
A further 49% is ultimately held by Dutch, Spanish and Icelandic interests who have bought up English vessels and quota.
The most significant of these interests is Cornelis Vrolijk Holding, a Dutch multinational whose UK subsidiary alone holds 24% of English quota, making it the biggest quota-holder in England, and one of the five biggest in the UK. ...
... Jerry Percy, director of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association, told Unearthed this had resulted in a situation where the smaller inshore vessels that make up 77% of the fleet had ended up with “less than 4% of the quota”.
“This is privatisation of a public resource,” added Mr Percy, who campaigns on behalf of fishermen with smaller, under-10m long, vessels. ...
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/10...a-michael-gove/
Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #5045
Der Parasit EU will partout nicht davon lassen, auch weiterhin in britischen Gewässern zu fischen.
Der EU-"Parasit" setzt sich absolut zurecht für die Interessen einiger seiner Mitgliedsstaaten ein. So wie es die Solidarität in der Gemeinschaft verlangt.
Zitat
Anfang der Woche hatte die EU ein Angebot Londons abgelehnt, das Kürzungen bei Fangquoten von bis zu 60 Prozent bei einer dreijährigen Übergangszeit vorsah. Brüssels Angebot stand hingegen bei einer Kürzung um nur 25 Prozent und einer Übergangszeit von sechs Jahren.
Fischerei politisch und sozial bedeutend für mehrere Länder
Britische Medien berichteten zuletzt von einer kürzeren Übergangszeit von fünfeinhalb Jahren. EU-Fischer fangen Meerestiere im Wert von jährlich rund 650 Millionen Euro in britischen Gewässern. Trotz des geringen wirtschaftlichen Gewichts ist der Sektor für Mitgliedstaaten wie Frankreich, die Niederlande, Dänemark und Irland von großer politischer und sozialer Bedeutung. Auf der anderen Seite ist die Kontrolle über die eigenen Gewässer für viele Briten zum Symbol der durch den Brexit wiedergewonnenen Souveränität geworden.
Eine schöne Bescherung!
Deal nach Brexit
EU und Großbritannien einigen sich auf Handelsabkommen
In den Verhandlungen um die künftigen Beziehungen zwischen der EU und Großbritannien ist es zu einem Durchbruch gekommen. Der Deal wird am 1. Januar in Kraft treten.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/e...d1-c30c178abde8
David Schneider@davidschneider
1645 days
3 Prime Ministers
3 Parliaments
18 Parliamentary votes
241 missed deadlines
1 ditch to die in (unused)
1856 empty threats
£200bn cost
0 benefits
All for the easiest deal in history and to make us poorer, weaker and more isolated.
8:57 AM · Dec 24, 2020
Austin Docherty@AustinDocherty
Replying to @davidschneider
Ahh, but we take back control over our borders.
Unless France decides to close them, then we're stuffed.
8:58 AM · Dec 24, 2020
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