everyone complains, but no one seems to remember when Northsea fish almost got fished out of extinction.

Perhaps the British fisherman should ask the government who sold British quote abroad?

No uncertainty only British boats next year give our waters a chance to replenish take stock long-term British interest coastal towns to be revived shipbuilding to be revived starting from the 1st of January2021

They didn’t care about the British fishing industry when the encroached on our waters , now it’s our turn

What a shame. Consider what happened to our fishermen Frenchman???

Why don’t the reporters go with English fishermen? Oh forgot there are hardly any of them. Shocking!

I was born in 1948 in the Eastend of London, we had fish twice a week, every Sunday the fish man came with his fish barrow, we always had loads of different she'll fish for Sunday tea. This was the norm for years. When I got older I fished from boat and beach, and through the years out catches have been getting less and less, I now live on the east coast and still beach fish but catch very little. I have seen foreign fishing vessels within 150 m from the beach just trawling up and down the coast, when I reported it I was informed there's nothing they can do. I and all my family love our fish. Cod, haddock etc and all the flat fish flounder, plaice, dabs, skate etc. When I buy it it is so expensive we can only afford it once maybe twice a month, I've just paid £18 for 2 pieces of haddock. I had a house in Spain, go to some of the markets and see high piles of very very small fish same in france. I only hope the PM doesn't give up on our fishermen and our sovereignty. Rant over

Want to sell your boat ?😂

People forget the pain Brexit causes. One of my son runs amanufacturing business where 80% of his production goes to Europe , he will sadly have to lay people off in the New Year. They will have a bleak Christmas worrying what the future holds for them. Not much cheer for these victims of Brexit. This is just and example of the hundreds and thousands of people who will lose their job through a No Deal Brexit.The Brexiters may announce the wonderful future for Britain outside the EU , but when it comes to reality their cheap rhetoric becames meaningless to those who will face poverty and an uncertain future . Lets just think about the "small" people whose lives will undoubtedly be wrecked . It is easy for the Farage's of the world to pontificate about Europe but they are not paying the price of Brexit, unlike so many of their fellow country men and women will. Yes lets think about those who will sit this Christmas struck down by worry for themselves and family.

So more than half of the EUs catch comes from UK waters and the EU is the biggest exporter of fish in the world. Whos trade is that by rights?

GIVE FISH A CHANCE---Northsea and North Atlantic moatorium

British boats do not catch 40% of all the fish in British waters either by volume or price... please report the actual figures.

Absolute scandal

Brexit means Brexit. We see this now.

I bet it’s less than 40% we catch in our own waters!

I notice they didn't show a super trawler taking 250 tons a day with nets a mile long, the fishing communities in the UK had the same problem 40 years ago when we were sold out by Ted Heath

Good report, time to hand England's seas back, you've had a good run for 45 years France.

Fish prices in France must be astronomical, if that haul was typical. A few mackrel, and the rest fit for oil production.

Just goes to show, they've had it very good up till now!!! At our EXPENSE!!! Still, they can all be home with their families now for evening dinner!!!

sell the boat and start a snail/frog farm or fish French waters problem solved

No the fish don’t know where they are . And the nets are only around 2 kilometres long . The EU fishing policy is disgusting

No 1 thing is 4 sure, no more fishing in UK-waters.😂😂

What uncertainty? British fishermen will be fine thanks 😃

The price of fish in this article is biased. Try reporting the price in towns where there is no fish market because they shut down after joining the EU. My town lost its fish market and it's boats. Fish is very expensive at the supermarket because it comes from far away. We need local caught and sold to reinvigorate the local market, only way for this is British boats to catch for the local market and reestablish the link.

Sod off don't be back

Not any longer it seems, you will have to fish in your own backyard not the UKs. Another report shows that the EU are not keeping to the correct quotas by their own admission.

maybe the french should have set up fish farms on their side of the ENGLISH Channel , just in case !!- at least that way , some would be able to continue harvesting the North sea bounty

how many british fishermen lost their jobs EU have been robbing our fish blind

Do as our fishermen had to do after a lifetime of fishing. They was told to retrain into other work. What goes around comes around. They didn't care about our fishermen. We are not giving them any areas they never give us any room. Blame the EU for us leaving they never listen they dictate the worse of worse. Open boarders and rules and regulations that cripple countries not help them. Throwing dead fish is so ridiculous shows the mentality of the dictators they dont just throw money away. Cant wait to get fresh fish again

Not much longer mate

Ahhh bancrupt fishermen everyone should step up for their turn, the British had to. Sit back and watch others fish our waters while they faced bancruptcy and the knock on effect felt by every shop keeper and village. So tough shit to all.

To purchase a Trawler costing 2.5 million Euros just before The 2016 Referendum seems to me to be quite reckless as to ones fortune, nomatter the nationality. For the past couple of years I have had my `press` finger over the button which will launch my own business - but I shall wait until I see the colour of the water in January 2021 ( at least ).

This report is a bit inadequate. It doesnt explain that not every country gets a quota for all types of fish available. Bluefin tuna are back in Irish and UK waters...but neither Ireland or UK have any share of the EUs bluefin tuna quota which was distributed to France, Italy, Coatia, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Malta. If the EU waters were a shared resource it should be distributed on a fair basis. No cherry picking giving the most lucrative quotas to some and not others...especially when it's in their own waters.

So, the Belgian ship fishes in UK waters in which UK ships aren't allowed to (free), lands its fish into a Belgian lorry, which drives through the UK (free), and returns to process or sell it in Belgium. How did our politicians and civil servants ever allow this stupid situation to come about?

lose 80% of my profit. Good, what about the UK fishermen?

It's not true to say that British only eat salmon, prawns, tuna and cod. At chippies, I'm very happy with plaice and haddock, and eat sea bass, bream, various sole, mackerel, herring (especially kippers), BUT have difficulty finding it, despite being within a few miles of sea to North, East, and south, because the fishing vessels have been driven out of business in the last 30 years. The French fisherman was right; lose a large share of the catch, and it becomes uneconomic.

They can learn to code. Apparently europe is twenty years behind the rest of the world in IT - this is their chance to catch up.

Us British love our sea food. Where did the jounalist get the idea we don't ??? After roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with a good helping of the best Cheddar cheese we love our fish and chips !!!

Access for centuries means nothing, for three reasons:- 1. Current access displaces UK fishermen 2. Modern fishing vessels are far, far more voracious than in the past 3. International law changed in 1982, when every nation including all EU nations accepted the new concept of EEZs.

Why should we have to justify efficient exploitation of the waters, in order to manage them ourselves? They are ours. If we decide to allow line fishing only for all species in our EEZ, that's up to us. If we want to turn the whole damned thing into a nature reserve and never fish there again, that's our business.

love fish :D Cymru Am Byth

The reason fewer people eat Fish in Britain is because of how bloody expensive it is.... the reason it is so expensive is because of the EU quota system which artificially manages demand and cost, has absolutely NOTHING to do with managing stocks and environmental concerns and the fact the we are actually having to buy our own fish back. Whilst it's sad that any human being would lose his livelihood, I don't recall any French or European tears when hundreds of British fishing boats were burned under EU directives and the British Fishing industry was decimated. If they want to blame someone, they can blame their own leaders for being so bloody greedy and trying to control us post Brexit.

Brits must be penalised for their decision on Brexit...

The fish do know where they are and they do not want to be fished by the French or the Dutch! Haha

Note you french its called the English channel ! you will soon be able to watch us fish if you like !!!!!!!!!!!

Do you think we care because the answer is no we don't !

Sorry but why would we allow French men to catch are fish, where their UK fisher men with no jobs. So time the rest of EU start looking for some new grounds.British fish for British fishermen.

I would like to go to France, any chance of buying a fishing boat.

Let's hope brexit does to your fishing industry what the eu has done to ours .

The speaker voice says that fishing is 0.5% of UK's GDP but the number from official statistics is surely 0.1%? The entire agricultural sector was apparently 0.6% in 2019, measured as Gross Value Added (GVA).

They call themselves fishermen but are not aware that fish stocks are on the decline all over the world. In some regions the decline has been dramatic and the fisheries have already collapsed. In others there is enough fish left to keep the fishing industry going. But we need to find sustainable ways to manage it or all fish species will be targeted one by one until commercial extinction. That's why the quotas are there and will include ever more species. The problem will not go away inside or outside the EU.

I always found it a shame how little fish is available. I used to live at various coasts before moving to Surrey, and so little fish was available to buy, which was a shame. UK fish is some of the best, it would be great if we could build up internal demand more. I always found it ridiculous that I have better access to fish in my home town, 1,000 km in land in the black forest.

The UK needs to take back control of its waters.. All our fishing industry has almost been swept away. We need to rebuild it again, I think the UK would take better care of the stock also. That's being a UK citizen.

A deal could easily have been made to accomodate fishermen from all countries, you can only thank Macron for the mess these fishermen find themselves in.

Nightmare just signing for a new boat 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I am sure he will sell it in the U.K. but you will have to sell it at a loss while you sign those bankruptcy papers 😭😂😭😂😭🇬🇧😂🇬🇧

Reminds me of UK fishermen when the EU stole UK waters. how sad.

We don't expect to exclude French fishermen altogether, only regain the administration of our waters from the EU, as is right and normal. However, if the EU won't begin to accept this, zero access is the consequence.

First point - Boats have NOT been fishing freely in each others exclusive economic zones. There are quotas and the UK have only been allowed by the EU under the Common Fisheries Policy to take a small quota from their own waters. The rest are scooped up by vessels from other EU countries. French fishermen WOULD lose the most money because they have been taking the most fish from the UK EEZ. Throwing dead fish back into the sea illustrates the sheer stupidity of the EU regulations. One certainty is that, after 31st December 2020, the UK will decide exclusively who gets access to the UK EEZ and how much they can take from UK waters. The EU have offered to return 17% to the UK, but it is not in their gift to return that which is not theirs. The French have said they want the lot - to continue fishing for the next 10 years. That is not acceptable.

Time to reopen uk fishing ports, 🇬🇧

As a eu citizen I think it's not fair that the other EU countries take the majority of british fish .It's just not right...

well EU fishermen should go out into the open sea and compete with Chinese.

" Face. Bovvered. Do I looked bovvered. Am I bovvered"

Quotas, no quotas, brexit, no exit... i think they are all overfishing, no matter which direction political wind changes.

We'll the president has negotiated you out of your livelihood....to look after his livelihood. Bargain

Them two brothers reminds me of Forest Gump there could be good times ahead For them (bubba srimp)

if everyone only fished their own national grounds there woudnt be a problem .

They know how the UK fishermen felt in 1973 now

If ‘No Deal’ is better than a ´Bad Deal’ as BoJo says since a very long time, then, ´No English Fish imported in Europe ‘ is better than ´Bad English fish imported in Europe’. European countries have also their sovereignties.

I have absolutely no sympathy for any EU fishermen they didn't share any tears as whole fishing communities in the UK like hull were completely devistated by the eu awarding the British the lowest quotas in the EU. I personally believe any British business man who wins part of the fishing quotes in future and sells it to a none British trawler should be struck off from doing any further business deals in any type of business for life. British people have paid a big price so a few can get rich at there expense. Finally it wasn't that long ago that the majority of British people had fish on a Friday. We don't eat that much fish because of the price you go into your local supermarket you will find if you want to buy a cod stake you will find it was caught in British waters processed in Europe then sold at a massively inflated price so get your facts right the majority of British cannot afford the price of fish caught in our waters so tough go fish else where

how much does our government really care about sustainability: A green Peace spokesperson points out that the altering of the legislation regarding bottom fishing trawlers over 100 meters in length demonstrates that the thinks

Not anymore lol

ha ha ha not for British fishermen

Get our lads/ fishing communities back in work this instant !!! Get all of these foreigners out - its disgusting what has been going on all these years, Britain is a gold mine and our governments have ruined our communities putting other countries before our own.

Do any British Trawlers fish in any EU Territory Waters ? If they do, I`d like to hear what the skippers of those British Trawlers have to say re EU Trawlers fishing British Waters.

Worth noting: the UK is the only EU country that allows selling quota to the highest bidder in stead of linking them to a port, region or ownership. That is why the Dutch were able to buy so much quota. And that won't change since their ships, like the one shown in the clip, are registered in the UK. For the quota to be recovered, they will have to be renationalised, i.e. the state has to disown the current holders. Under a Corbyn government, that was not unthinkable, but under the Tories?

The only solution is to go plant based

the british fishing industry has been slaughtered since the euro and maff takeover . before the 70s we had plenty of fish , massive stocks . and tens of thousands of fishermen .

Thank you France24 for producing a report on a contentious issue without a single example of bias. quite refreshing actually.

We sell 70% of our catch to the EU ! 12% or £8.5 million worth of scallops are caught by British fishermen in French waters.

So what if the froggies go bust .They did not care about the British fishermen .It's got to be a no deal .

If we give our seas up to the EU we might as invite the Chinese in to finish off our fishing industry. We need to look at the future for fishing, the EU are knowingly over fishing UK waters. Would the Arabs give up their oil, France their wine, Germany their cars and so on. Fishing is a big industry for the future for the UK.

If the french are allowed to still fish in our british waters then we the british should be able fish in french waters not that we want to. I dont care if french fishermen go bankrupt we the bBritish went bankrupt helping liberate them during ww2. How British fishermen had to sell up and leave the fishing industry once we joined the EU

Macron calls for a war - " Against The British", heh, heh, heh .........................

Show me a typical British fishing boat . It won't look like that one. Perhaps in five years time when UK boats get a fair deal. UK boats will look like that.

French should leave the eu, and bring back the franc

The last piece of the article speaks to the issues. Centralised quota allocation based on questionable scientific advice often not followed anyway. Few British owners of British quotas with the majority of small single boats excluded. Part of this is a UK management issue and part the overriding EU plundering of British waters under the CFP. If the unjust allocation was done properly there would not be such a large imbalance as we have now and the problem would be lesser and arguably one that could be accepted for a Brexit deal. Reality is France was allowed yet again to take the lions share of allocation undef EU rules in the 80's,as they always do, and this has created an unjust imbalance that is now being addressed. UK ports and fishermen were decimated in the uk in the 80s du eyonthjs imbalance, Brexit will right a wrong. As to centuries of fishing in UK waters - this sounds like France claiming the 9 dash line the Chinese used to seize and expropriate the south China seas ftom the Philipines, Brunei, Malaysia, Japan and Vietnam. Total rubbish. If you also claim fish we born in France and swam to the UK just go check their passports then, what a stupid claim.

The "International Fish Conference" has reacted with disgust to the news that the British navy is going to protect its Economic Maritime Zone against EU fish-boats. They believe they should be allowed to swim freely in any sea they'd like. A small contingent of rebellious sharks is considering severe actions on the British shores next summer. The "department of peaceful activities" led by Madame "Delphine the Dolphin" has initiated a "fact finding mission" to ensure safe seas in these times of heightened tensions...

go find another job, deal is deal. U know u are in not your waters anymore after brexit. U will find another job, no worry

Bye bye French fisherman 😂😂😂😂

Greedy frogs, give us back our waters, and fish your own, and sell your boat to the uk , we give you good price.

I guess EU will be eating less fish after Brexit. And 50% of EU fishing industry will die.

Our waters , our fish....simple🐡🐟🐡🐟🐡🐟🔚🚫👋😁

The fishing industry is thriving thanks to leaving the EU! FACT!

That's not the UK problem just get a license no problem just abide by UK rules

Fish in your own waters, EU. And to us Brits - this is down to us. We also sold our licences. We voted to leave, we won't be able to sell our fish the same way we can now so as an island nation, we need to change and eat more fish to save all this. Calling all adults...

*40,000 jobs at risk in Belgium alone...* there are more than 100,000 jobs generated by our fishing waters that should be for the United Kingdom.

we don't care what happens to eu fishermen

So why are the Belgians allowed to catch fish in our waters when they have such a small coastline themselves. Bloody joke.

Jesus christ, 'cheese on top'... Why not effing dip it in vinegar... Brits have no pallet.