Some 80% of the fish landed in Britain is exported, mostly to the EU, while 70% of the fish consumed in Britain is imported, largely from the EU
in east London is busy at 5.30am. Live lobsters and crabs jostle against stalls selling mussels, alongside such exotica as swordfish and tilapia. Social distancing and masks are not in much evidence. Once the world’s biggest fish market, and still the country’s biggest inland one, Billingsgate stands for the history and romance of seafishing in Britain—an industry which, despite accounting for only 0.1% ofThe desire to take back control of British waters was a powerful force driving Brexit.
The government wants a big increase in British shares based on the location of fish, not historic rights, and annual negotiations like Norway’s. Theprefers continuing the current system, and says that annual negotiation works with Norway because only seven species are covered and quotas seldom change, whereas with Britain the number is almost 100 and the whole point is to adjust catches. It also insists that, without an agreement on fish, there can be no trade deal.
Furthermore, the most valuable part of the industry is no longer catching but processing, which depends heavily on free trade. Even pro-Brexit Grimsby, where processing is now the main activity, is anxious about lost business if there is no agreement with the.
Politics makes everything harder. Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, faces a tough re-election battle in early 2022 and will want to placate the country’s fishermen. The British government fears nationalist gains in next year’s election in Scotland, where most fish are caught. But Boris Johnson needs a trade deal, and without agreement on fish, he may find it impossible to land one.
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