Sir John Redwood has called on Boris Johnson to use Britain’s new powers from Brexit to immediately ban EU super trawlers from British waters. Speaking to Unlocked, Sir John also called on the Prime Minister to double Britain’s fishing fleet. The demand
Clare Daly claimed Spanish, French and Portuguese trawlers are destroying the sea bed in the UK’s fishing waters. It comes as the Ministry of Defence laid secondary legislation to provide Royal Navy Police with extra powers to patrol England and Wales’s territorial
The news comes as Boris Johnson warns Brits a no-deal Brexit is “very likely”. Blue Seas Protection said up to nine of the words largest fishing trawlers were operating in protected conservation areas south east of the Isle of White. The vessels
Brexit: EU ‘acting like mafia’ over fishing says columnist With just two weeks to go until the end of the transition period, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are locked in crunch talks over the future
When asked whether the Royal Navy will board fishing boats in the event of a no deal Brexit, Mr Raab admitted the UK has “always had the ability to take enforcement action” on foreign vessels. He noted extra vessels have been agreed