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It's worse still - without access to the EU markets, the UK fishing industry is dead in the water. The UK specifically lobbied for EU regulations that would nec

It's worse still - without access to the EU markets, the UK fishing industry is dead in the water. The UK specifically lobbied for EU regulations that would necessitate seafood sold in the EU to be held in water that's sourced in the EU during transportation, or something to that effect. This meant that there was less competition from outside the EU for the UK fishing industry. Low and behold, now that the UK has brexited, the same regulations have come back to bite.

mytailorisrich 6y ago
What I have always found odd, and a bit sad, living in the UK is that people do not really eat fish/seafood beyond fishfingers for children and the occasional fish and chips for adults. Even just comparing the seafood stalls in supermarkets in England vs. France or Spain is striking. I have noticed the same for most food stuff and I feel that the UK has a big potential that goes unexploited because people simply do not care much about their food.
fmajid 6y ago
For a maritime island nation the British are surprisingly unadventurous about seafood. Most British fish and seafood is exported to the EU, specially France, and most British seafood consumption is a limited variety of fish species, mostly cod, pollock, salmon, and mostly imported.
- ChuckNorris89 6y ago
  For a maritime island nation famous for importing and trading spices from India, their food is also really unadventurous. :D No offense intended.
  - fmajid 6y ago
    I'm French-American, not British, even if I live in London, so no offense taken... The odd thing is that they used to be much more adventurous in the past. Samuel Pepys was exceedingly fond of oysters, which means there was a ready supply in Charles I's time, and nowadays they are mostly exported to the EU, as are scallops and lobster. The standard of British food has improved markedly since the 90s, with the rediscovery of classic English fare by a new generation of chefs, if they can rediscover samphires, you'd think they could also rediscover shellfish.

mytailorisrich 6y ago

What I have always found odd, and a bit sad, living in the UK is that people do not really eat fish/seafood beyond fishfingers for children and the occasional fish and chips for adults. Even just comparing the seafood stalls in supermarkets in England vs. France or Spain is striking. I have noticed the same for most food stuff and I feel that the UK has a big potential that goes unexploited because people simply do not care much about their food.

fmajid 6y ago

For a maritime island nation the British are surprisingly unadventurous about seafood. Most British fish and seafood is exported to the EU, specially France, and most British seafood consumption is a limited variety of fish species, mostly cod, pollock, salmon, and mostly imported.

ChuckNorris89 6y ago
For a maritime island nation famous for importing and trading spices from India, their food is also really unadventurous. :D No offense intended.
- fmajid 6y ago
  I'm French-American, not British, even if I live in London, so no offense taken... The odd thing is that they used to be much more adventurous in the past. Samuel Pepys was exceedingly fond of oysters, which means there was a ready supply in Charles I's time, and nowadays they are mostly exported to the EU, as are scallops and lobster. The standard of British food has improved markedly since the 90s, with the rediscovery of classic English fare by a new generation of chefs, if they can rediscover samphires, you'd think they could also rediscover shellfish.