Posts Tagged ‘trade’
Mixed reaction for Brexit trade deal
Relief at one end of the UK seafood and fishing spectrum – with dismay and accusations of a sell-out at the other. That is the contrasting reaction to the news on Christmas Eve that Britain had finally reached a trade deal with the EU. The announcement was broadly welcomed (with reservations) by the Scottish Salmon…
Read MoreBrexit impasse sparks Norway fisheries threat
Norway is threatening to ban both European and UK fishing vessels from its waters from 1 January in a dispute that will hit the Scottish fleet and could spill over to the farmed salmon sector. The warning was issued by the country’s Fisheries Minister, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, amid the looming prospect of the EU and…
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