Can Someone Explain To Me.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/france-threatens-to-again-cut-off-uks-energy-in-brexit-row-12426857
1) why we allow any access at all to our waters, what do we get in return?
2) why does a foreign nation expect that they will be allowed access?
3) Can the UK fish in EUSSR waters?
I just don't get it.

[Mamyalynne]

I'm sure it won't answer all your poits, but a potted version of the Trade Deal here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/46401558

[ToraToraTora]

I've read that I can't see what we get in return for giving access to our waters.

[Buenchico]

The vast majority of fish caught by UK boats isn't sold in the UK; it's exported to the EU. The Brexit fisheries agreement gives EU vessels certain rights to continue fishing in UK waters in return for the EU allowing UK vessels to sell their catches in EU ports: https://ibb.co/3N7KHMR

[ToraToraTora]

so we don't use a lot of fish ourselves then?

[Mamyalynne]

* points

[Buenchico]

For an island nation, we consume very little fish indeed, TTT.

[ToraToraTora]

thanks chris, I just wish the media would give us more data so we can comprehend these things. So we give access to our waters in return to access to the EUSSR markets, (I assume without any sort of duty?) That makes sense. I had no idea that we didn't use a lot of fish.

[douglas9401]

It may help to broaden your horizons, engaging with different, less jingoistic sources in your search for a deeper understanding of geopolitics.

And fish.

[fender62]

this is the french way of doing things, farmers and fishermen really do rule france, have we not seen this behaviour before, farmers blocking roads rioting in the capitol same with fishermen, thye remind me of children ie there are rules but we don't follow them, farm subsidies erm.

[ichkeria]

I always remember at school in NI being amused by our teacher complaining that for an area just a few miles from the Atlantic coast, so many people around about turned their noses up at shrimps and mussels.
Not saying it's the same in GB though.
Fishing is something that has has united both Gove and Farage in their dislike and mistrust of the EU, as I think both their familes were in the fishing industry. Such a shame.

[1ozzy]

@Douglas, end of?

[William51]

Yes. The French still want life as it was when the UK was in the EU, they should accept life has changed after Brexit.

[Togo]

We couldn't eat all the fish and shellfish that it is possible to catch in British waters if we ate it for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Supper whilst liquidising the ugly ones and drinking them instead of imbibing anything else. We do not need to empty the seas of fish, and nor should we let the French, Spanish, Germans, or anybody else for any price. Our deadly error is trusting other Nations with the control of our energy supplies or transport and labour infrastructure. We have had centuries to learn that they are not to be trusted and will always blackmail or coerce us if we hand the levers of power over us to them, even in the false claim of cooperation and mutual trust. Every generation it seems has to learn the lesson for themselves despite the warnings clearly given by some of the more far sighted amongst us.

[10ClarionSt]

Never, ever eat fresh fish. It's very bad for you as it's the number one cause of stomach problems in this country, number two being chicken. Avoid. Let the EU have their stomach upsets.

[ichkeria]

Are you from the north coast of NI by any chance?
We discovered fire some while back.
Then came cooking …

[ToraToraTora]

10cs, you on the electric yet?

[10ClarionSt]

I have a boneshaker on bike stands rigged up to a dynamo that works brilliantly with pedal power to generate my own leccy!