Boris Johnson has been accused of “betraying” the fishing industry over the small print of his Brexit deal. The Prime Minister boasted his 1,246-page pact would make Britain an “independent coastal state with full control of our waters”.
He said it would hand around 25% of the value of the EU’s current catch in UK waters back to UK fishermen by summer 2026. And he said after 2026, there was “no theoretical limit” on what British boats could land.
But the small print of his deal, published on Boxing Day, reveals changes in quotas vary dramatically depending on which species is being caught in which part of the sea.
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