promises the Tories made to the industry appeared to have been broken. Macdonald, who represents the largest quota owners in Scotland, said that while the full details of the deal were to emerge it did not appear to deliver on the industry’s aspirations.
She spoke out as UK politicians and EU ambassadors from 27 European Union countries began poring over the hundreds of pages of the Brexit trade deal agreed on Christmas Eve.
Macdonald said: “What has been outlined so far is that full access will be granted to EU vessels for effectively six years from January.“Over the same timescale the increase in quota shares for UK vessels will be 25 per cent.She added: “The principles that the Government said it supported – control over access, quota.
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