Posts Tagged ‘EU’
Fuel cost threat to fishing profits – survey
THE UK fishing fleet earned a record £950 million last year as the volume of landings rose by 10,000 tonnes. However, the figures, compiled by Seafish, also show that higher fuel costs are starting to eat into operating profits. Seafish’s preliminary estimates reveal that skippers and vessel owners are reporting that spending on fuel is now taking up 12 per cent of…
Read MoreUK ‘could be open to quota trade-offs’
BRITAIN could be open to trading off some of its fishing rights after Brexit by allowing European trawlers into its waters, the chancellor, Philip Hammond, has suggested. Asked during an address at London\’s Canary Wharf financial centre whether it would be acceptable to exchange fishing rights for a better deal in other sectors of the…
Read MoreBarnier urged to get tough with UK on fish
BRITAIN will not face an easy ride from the EU on its seafood exports unless it agrees to catch exchange deals, reports from Brussels suggest. The EU\’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, warned on a trip to Denmark at the weekend that the UK fishing industry could lose access to European markets if EU fishermen were denied…
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