Reply to: More Brexit doom

[BlasterBates]

Wages goes down as high earning foreigners leave

[scooterscot]

Now all those foreigners who work for peanuts are f**king off the British can get a look in.

Oh Dear - down goes productivity again.

[BrilloPad]

UK unemployment drops to 1.49m - BBC News

UK unemployment fell by 64,000 to 1.49 million in the three months to May, official figures show.

Now all those foreigners who work for peanuts are f**king off the British can get a look in.

[BlasterBates]

This is a good move to shift the emphasis of the debate to the fish industry which produces about 20 million pounds a year in tax revenue to take everyone's mind off the billions that will be lost from the finance industry post Brexit.

Excellent diversion tactics by the Environment minister.

[northernladyuk]

I never had any.

Well you're missing the comedy show.

[The_Equalizer]

I know. The Brexit catastrophe seems to have impaired your sense of fun.

I never had any.

[northernladyuk]

Dublin Bay prawns, scampi and langoustines are one and the same.

I know. The Brexit catastrophe seems to have impaired your sense of fun.

[The_Equalizer]

They are obtainable from outside of UK territorial waters, and this may provide an easier supply chain for EU customers.

Dublin Bay prawns, scampi and langoustines are one and the same.

[northernladyuk]

What's that got to do with the prawns?

They are obtainable from outside of UK territorial waters, and this may provide an easier supply chain for EU customers.

[TestMangler]

I guess the argument is where do the those that buy these Dublin Bay prawns get them from if not the UK fishing fleet?

On another note, it is quite amazing they are not appreciated here. Absolutely lovely.

Oh, and I just found this to see the waters they can be caught in; quite an interesting article if you like that sort of thing ( ):

Prawn, Langoustine: A Guide to Handling and Quality - The Fish Site

The Clyde estuary has pretty much no fishing left, same with NW Scotland. It's all langoustine now. The trawled stuff generally is cheaper than the creel caught stuff. Clyde caught stuff also gets good prices based on reputation. It was a great market for a long time, but without free trade and customs union, it will die from a UK perspective.

[The_Equalizer]

Dublin Bay isn't in UK territorial waters.

What's that got to do with the prawns?

[northernladyuk]

I guess the argument is where do the those that buy these Dublin Bay prawns get them from if not the UK fishing fleet?

On another note, it is quite amazing they are not appreciated here. Absolutely lovely.

Oh, and I just found this to see the waters they can be caught in; quite an interesting article if you like that sort of thing ( ):

Prawn, Langoustine: A Guide to Handling and Quality - The Fish Site

Dublin Bay isn't in UK territorial waters.

[The_Equalizer]

Don't know about the whitefish fleet, but, certainly in the langoustine market, there is no real UK market for it. I've got a prawn boat (premium stuff, all creel caught) and the local fishmonger sells that stuff at about 30% less than the proper wholesale price cause, basically, very few people buy them. The catch from my boat goes straight to a processor 3 times a week, who pays top price for tubed prawns (i.e complete and still wriggling). Stuff gets picked up around 3.00 PM and is in France, Spain and Italy being delivered to end buyers the following morning. No single market and no customs union removes that market. Loss of that market will put the two guys who work my boat on the dole and leave me with a worthless licence and a big lump of pretty useless boat.

Generally, the people I know in the fishing industry can't see past todays weather forecast.

I guess the argument is where do the those that buy these Dublin Bay prawns get them from if not the UK fishing fleet?

On another note, it is quite amazing they are not appreciated here. Absolutely lovely.

Oh, and I just found this to see the waters they can be caught in; quite an interesting article if you like that sort of thing ( ):

Prawn, Langoustine: A Guide to Handling and Quality - The Fish Site

[TestMangler]

Best ask them that, although the fisherman I spoke to last week wished they'd "just get on with it".

Don't know about the whitefish fleet, but, certainly in the langoustine market, there is no real UK market for it. I've got a prawn boat (premium stuff, all creel caught) and the local fishmonger sells that stuff at about 30% less than the proper wholesale price cause, basically, very few people buy them. The catch from my boat goes straight to a processor 3 times a week, who pays top price for tubed prawns (i.e complete and still wriggling). Stuff gets picked up around 3.00 PM and is in France, Spain and Italy being delivered to end buyers the following morning. No single market and no customs union removes that market. Loss of that market will put the two guys who work my boat on the dole and leave me with a worthless licence and a big lump of pretty useless boat.

Generally, the people I know in the fishing industry can't see past todays weather forecast.

[The_Equalizer]

What about the fishermen who will then discover that having their 'own waters' also loses them instant access to a market they rely on ?

Best ask them that, although the fisherman I spoke to last week wished they'd "just get on with it".