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Mr Habib replied: “That is a really good question and I think it needs to be addressed. Now it is only one per cent of GDP or slightly less but the point is not the value of it in proportion to GDP.<\/p>\n
“The point is what would taking back control of fishing means for the 186 coastal constituencies, and we are old enough I think to remember what it was like to go to Brighton or to go to Hastings or Eastbourne when we were children.<\/p>\n
“The vibrant communities that existed <\/b>there, the vibrant piers, the fish and chips that you would get in your newspapers and all the hospitality and everything else that went with it.<\/p>\n
“We had a really vibrant coastal community.”<\/p>\n
Dominic Raab reveals ‘£100 million boost’ for fishing industry<\/h3>\n
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The post-Brexit trade deal thrashed out by Boris Johnson and the European Union gave fishermen from the bloc access to UK waters for five-and-a-half years with 25 percent of EU boats’ fishing rights in UK waters will be transferred to the UK fishing during that time.<\/p>\n
When the so-called adjustment period ends in June 2026, annual talks will begin to determine the amount of fish EU fishing boats can catch in UK waters and vice versa.<\/p>\n
Britain will then have the power to completely withdraw EU boats’ access to its waters and a new poll found a staggering 98 percent (4,167 people) would back such a move, even though Brussels could retaliate by suspending access to its own waters for UK boats or imposing costly tariffs on fish exports from the UK to the EU.<\/p>\n
Just 2 percent (62 people) believed the UK would be wrong to scrap the fishing agreement in 2026.<\/p>\n
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