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Nobody has yet mentioned the UK, but: reduced regulation on fishing was a big motivator for Brexit, where the campaign had its roots deep in coastal towns.
by teachingassist 5y ago
Nobody has yet mentioned the UK, but: reduced regulation on fishing was a big motivator for Brexit, where the campaign had its roots deep in coastal towns.
- newacct583 5y agoWhich is deeply self-defeating, because those jobs are going away when the fish disappear anyway. The only question is who gets to eat the last ones.
- GordonS 5y agoWell, British fishermen thought we'd be "taking back control of our waters", and wouldn't be in the situation where they have smaller quotas that the large Spanish and French vessels that fish British waters do. Of course, it didn't work out like that.
- teachingassist 5y agoI assume the thinking was somewhat broader than that (fishermen only have 10,000 votes between them). I assume that people understood their town's local economy would be uplifted by a renewed fishing industry. Of course, that was never a real possibility.