Battered by Covid-19, the fishing industry nervously awaits Brexit outcome

Battered by Covid-19, the fishing industry nervously awaits Brexit outcome

Prime Irish monkfish sold for fishmeal at 10c a kilo was one of the fishing industry’s setbacks due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Industry representatives say a temporary tie-up compensation scheme was “designed to fail”.

Future management of rich marine resources is coming into sharp focus, as Britain withdraws from the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

We can expect “skirmishes at sea”, but hopefully nothing like the Pirates of the Caribbean and sword-twirling Capt Jack Sparrow characters on the decks of galleons.