The Brexit fishing war - BBC HARDtalk, On the Road (2020)

Britain and the EU are locking horns over the terms of their future relationship and fishing communities across Europe are on the front line. Stephen Sackur travels to Scotland and northern France to see if fishing has the potential to derail progress in trade talks that must conclude by the end of the year. There is going to be a fight over fishing - but will it turn ugly?

[@mclare9817]

Seems like we catch more Migrants than fish....

[@destinationhighways]

M Clare Problem is the UK keeps the migrants but not the fish.

[@michaeltschuertz]

Farms are more important. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3K3p6mFZrFphqs

[@michaeltschuertz]

Stop reading the Murdoch Press. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXuxppaZq8qbmcU

[@brutallyhonest9140]

@frankie cullen ok no worries will do and what about the 3.5 million declared EU citizens living in the UK ? Not all them work in restaurants farms and NHS ? Then if we take back the 1.5 million UK citizens living in the EU we will be millions in pocket

[@brutallyhonest9140]

@@michaeltschuertz it was real time film footage from Nigel Farage not the Sun paper. I don't read that

[@MrRRHHMM]

bbc.... Boris ditch the license fee, and let this gutter broadcaster, sink into the sewer, were it belongs.... imo

[@Walterp60]

Why is the interviewer so keen on letting EU take our fish. Brussels Broadcasting Corporation.

[@briandora]

Because he is a full blown remainer working for a bias t.v channel

[@davidwood8973]

Yep he works for the BBC, say no more!

[@Tonyjameswho]

Well it does seem that although the deal is unfair, a no deal scenario will lead to huge hit on the UK fishing industry. Seems to me like the main problem is that we don't eat much fish in this country so need to be able to sell it, quickly and cheaply, to the EU. Ideally there would be a middle ground, but that doesn't appear to be avaialable, so looks like we may cut our own noses off to spite our faces

[@lokischeissmessiah5749]

@@Tonyjameswho put high tarrifs on continental fish and reduce tax on fish caught by our own fishing fleets in the UK. Since we are heading for no deal anyway bring on the tarrifs.

[@Tonyjameswho]

Loki Scheissmessiah but where will we sell it? The UK doesn’t eat much of the types of fish we catch and it will take generations to change that. This could be devastating for fishing communities

[@derekmoore8224]

Typical BBC see there needs to be something done about paying this extortion to them. Why do we have to fund an anti-british establishment

[@kapitantaryfa]

you don't, you pay for it because you watch it. i don't and haven't paid in years.

[@anonymousjohndoe3834]

It’s ridiculous, they don’t understand the British people are anti-establishment. The BBC is the establishment. They need to go

[@roybakker1973]

because 9 months the situation is even worst than expected. But Brexiteers do not want to hear what the BBC has to say because they don't like the reality. Same so with many reports of the BBC from a few months or years ago. Most were right and spot on.

[@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362]

If the EU catches 65% of fish in British waters, can the British have 30% of French vineyards and 35% of German industry? Sounds quite reasonable

[@undogmatisch5873]

There's a tiny difference between natural resources and actively cultivated, or built goods. However, as an EU member, you would be entirely free to cultivate as many vinyards, to create as many industries, as you want to. Fact is that the UK exports most of its fish to the EU, while themself mostly import the cod, they eat, and Brits consume barely other fish (than cod). You could gain 100 % control of your own waters, but you would lose your largest market, and sorry, but catching fish you can't sell is pretty worthless.

[@undogmatisch5873]

There's a tiny difference between natural resources and actively cultivated, or built goods. However, as an EU member, you would be entirely free to cultivate as many vinyards, to create as many industries, as you want to. Fact is that the UK exports most of its fish to the EU, while themself mostly import the cod, they eat, and Brits consume barely other fish (than cod). You could gain 100 % control of your own waters, but you would lose your largest market, and sorry, but catching fish you can't sell is pretty worthless.

[@dellers5753]

@@undogmatisch5873 So let me get this right according to your logic we should get 30% of the EU's natural resources. timber, natural gas, coal, lignite, uranium, iron ore, potash, nickel, salt, and copper. Sounds fair to me!

[@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362]

undogmatisch Rubbish mate. Where else will the EU get it’s fish. It will have to buy from U.K. fishermen. Ok we won’t take vineyards, we could just have swathes of French and German territory to do with as we please.

[@undogmatisch5873]

@@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362 From Norway, from the Baltic See, the North See, and believe it or not, from french fishermen, fishing in UK waters. There are other international agreements that will still be in place, after the transition period ends (e.g. the 1995 United Nations Fish Stock Agreement, with only slightly lower quotas than within the EU agreement). Also, UK waters are not the UKs property, it's a so called exclusive economic zone.

[@davesmith8305]

BBC - what % of fish can the EU legitimately claim from UK waters? Answer - legitimately ? .....Errr, well that's zero isn't it?

[@michaeltschuertz]

you know uk fisherman fish in others waters too? nevermind it is part of tariff free paying and selling of fish. UK fish is sold of to europe for canned stuff, because UK people want white fish, which norwegian and iceland have.

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@michaeltschuertz Nobody's saying "ban all foreign vessels" are they? What we think is fair is a like for like catch quota, nothing like the arrangement we have now where our waters are being gang-raped. Why is that so difficult for remoaners to understand?

[@patrickquinn8473]

Michael Tschuertz stfu troll they fish their waters , we fish ours , is that too complicated for you dopey .

[@michaeltschuertz]

@frankie cullen the one Thing i have learned about Brexit is for those who got conned by the rich Like farage, Johnson and Aaron Banks facts dont matter. Brexit needs to Hit them in the hat.

[@michaeltschuertz]

@frankie cullen the one Thing i have learned about Brexit is for those who got conned by the rich Like farage, Johnson and Aaron Banks facts dont matter. Brexit needs to Hit them in the hat.

[@hickster222]

The BBC wouldn't know impartiality if it smacked them in the face.

[@hohum2722]

Absolutely. Just ask the Left about the BBCs rightwing bias. They go on forever about it.

[@DH-sm7sw]

A damn disgrace in Covid reporting - nothing but attacking the government and giving voice to every whiner, no matter how irrelevant. Every news report for a week starting with ppe "crisis"; cry wolf for so long and people turn off.

[@jamesjack6769]

@@DH-sm7sw Shut up, gammon.

[@paulbailey433]

Can't handle balanced reporting, eh? There are 2 sides to a discussion and the BBC is very good at presenting both sides. 75 per cent of fish caught in the UK is exported, mostly to the European Union, while the majority of fish eaten in the UK is imported. For this reason, a trade agreement with the EU concerning fish will be a key factor to the future success of the UK fishing industry and fish processors.

[@benratcliffe6307]

Ho Hum - If the left consider the BBC has a rightwing bias, then they won’t mind if it’s shut down

[@raymonddickson8937]

The EUBBC at it again , bias against Brexit bias against our fishermen

[@iansmith2086]

Can not wait until the licence fee is scrapped until then i will keep watching sky news Australia for the real news

[@Bob-me8md]

ian Smith the news that you agree with is not the real news .

[@the_engineer2345]

Ah....listening to the unelected elite globalist Rupert Murdoch is so much better than to the BBC

[@blindfreddy9157]

lol. I'm Australian and Sky is Murdoch shit. Full of angry reactionaries Good luck on that diet of misinformation and lies.

[@thearsenalmisfit2414]

The british fisherman has lost one of its biggest customers with Brexit. The UK doesnot consume any where near what the UK fisherman catch. They will loose 30 % of there sales thanks to Brexit. Wgat a great deal for them. Other countries wont buy the fish because it will be to expensive with all the tariffs that will be put on the fish.

[@iansmith2086]

@@thearsenalmisfit2414 I don't agree mate if we take back control we get more fish to sell at home in my eyes that means fish become cheaper to buy so I can afford to eat fish more than I do now and that's a good thing so bring it on

[@pinkfoothunter1]

good old BBC reporting, always knocking Brexit and on the side of the EU

[@reecewalton3177]

Didn't even show Grimsby where the town is ghetto due to lack of fishing because of the European Union quota bs.

[@dmfitzsim]

Reece Walton as agreed by British government

[@TheDarkstormy]

And yet 85% of that quota gets sold to the EU, you want to ITG about Grimsby, buy some of their fucking fish first.

[@freakygoblin3068]

You mean the quota which is allocated by the UK government, so not EU quota bs, but UK government bs yet again.

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Freaky Goblin, you are talking bullshit, the quotas are set by Brussels under the common fisheries bill, allowed to be put in force by the corrupt uk politicians Heath the teeth, the egg sucking major, and the murderous Blair assisted by brown the frown. The quotas favour eu registered fishing vessels who have taken the lions Share under the system for 40 plus years. Please research this or your comments just look silly. Stay safe.

[@reecewalton3177]

@@TheDarkstormymate I work in a fish factory down the north wall dock. I buy fish and shell fish all the time.

[@edwardhoulton8725]

The BBC needs to be rebuilt with normal people

[@jh772]

Definitely every single one of them are globalists.

[@davidhack1974]

This BBC clone sounds like a true remainer, I'm glad he does not represent the UK

[@leestaddon9431]

Brilliant ...love the Scottish captain's response to the stupid Sackur's inane statement about the poor French fishing industry... 'So be it' ..the BBC is a disgrace ...secure our waters and scrap the licence fee ..

[@patrickg3618]

I've never seen Sakur so irrational before. He is very upset that there will be French fisherman affected by the loss of access to British waters but shows not the slightest concern about the loss of livelyhoods British fishermen suffered when the UK handed over UK fishing rights to the EU. And he is fine with Norway keeping 85% of its fish, yet he finds that a similar proportion taken in UK waters by the British is very selfish and unreasonable? Gross bias against the British by a British newsman.

[@JC-un4bg]

Hopfaly we can let the fish recover a bit .

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

Destroying the livelihoods of EU fishermen! BOO HOO They did that to the UK fishermen in the 70s and never gave a second thought. BRITISH FISH FOR BRITISH FISHERMEN

[@boomer.65]

Yet again the BBC working on behalf of Brussels! It makes me sick im paying for the BBC. Scrap the licence fee now. 👎

[@ppunion]

Ohhhhkay. This has me extraordinarily confused. I'm from Denmark. Apparently we have been benefiting from a deal made in the EU where we are allowed to fish in British waters. Did not know that untill today. Where the hell does EU get off trying to say that Britain needs to let other nations fish in their waters? No! Just no! Herp derp "We have been doing it since ancient times!" So what? Are we China now? The deal that was in place was dependent on something else. This other thing (EU membership) no longer applies so the fishing deal is void! Britain has every right to decide what happens in their waters! Period! The flip side of this of course is that the EU has the right to decide what they allow to be imported to it's countries without a tarrif. So... EU can of course negotiate with Britain about fair use of the waters, but should stop demanding anything.

[@colinharper6364]

that is the whole point of Brexit, you decide what you want to sell me , how much you want to sell and for what cost. And I have the right to do the same. Not some unelected bean counter never done real work in his life telling me to ignore you and go and help myself from your country

[@allymcmoist1484]

If the EU slap tarriffs on our exports to them, we do the same & guess what? We have a 95 Billion pound annual goods trade deficit with them so we'll profit from that as well. We hold the upper hand. WE'RE THE CUSTOMER.

[@fieldagent59isintheforest32]

stopped watching this half way through,........ when I realized that it was cleverly dressed up propaganda by the BBC......

[@nottyash100]

Who gives a flying F about what the EU want, the fish are British and always will be.

[@johnmurray4512]

One sided BBC again

[@tonygiorgio2905]

" I DONT CARE" WELL SAID THAT MAN.

[@mmarsh1972]

Defiant but not very wise. The EU is overwhelmingly the largest customer for British fish. He absolutely will care when the fish is rotting on his ship unsold. What these small minded people don’t realize is the EU can and will retaliate.

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@mmarsh1972 What does that tell you about the EU when they are going to "retaliate" at someone who only took back what was rightfully theirs?!

[@chrisclarke3965]

@@allymcmoist1484 well said!!

[@mmarsh1972]

@@allymcmoist1484 Its called eye for an eye. Actions have consequences, and the UK made the first hostile move. The EU are under no obligation to let you sell there. You don't share the fish, the welcome mat gets yanked at THEIR markets. I mean seriously what would you do in their position. Would you let the French or Dutch sell their fish in the UK if they refused access to your fishing ships? UK fishing ships ARE allowed to Fish in French waters like for Scallops and Mussels. Nor are the fish really yours. Europe has been fishing those waters before the UK even existed, simply trying to kick everyone out all of the sudden is not reasonable nor is going to happen without very serious consequence. Moreover the UK needs the EU because the British fishing fleet is simply not large enough This is where Brexiters really fail to understand. They seem to think negotiations mean they get everything and give up nothing. Do you know why the UK got a less advantageous deal on fish? its because they got the entire European Financial services industry in return. It was actually a very good trade, because Financial services makes A LOT more money than commercial fishing does.

[@stefank6932]

mmarsh1972 what a load of cods wallop you speak- salty remainer - it’s called territorial waters and each country should respect them

[@johnselby9731]

From an Australian perspective this is disgusting, why do our Brit cousins stand for this.

[@philsooty5421]

These guys risk their lives so I can enjoy a fish meal, they deserve a better deal, so bo**ocks to Europe they have been ripping our fishermen off for years!

[@thanos6188]

Well said Neil Parish, Stephen Sackur calling him absurd, it's so obvious that we need to take back on this control of our waters, the BBC's viewing stats have diminished in recent times, you would have to say on this showing, it's pretty evident.

[@ToothbrushMan]

Shooting the messenger ….

[@harrywissink842]

Thanos61 good luck nationalists England first ! Pffff

[@michaeltschuertz]

@@harrywissink842 easy england leave the UK!

[@michaeltschuertz]

the fish in UK waters is sold overseas. the fish UK consumers want for fish and chips is important. why? because there are different kind of fish.

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@michaeltschuertz So freaking what?? We allow a couple of boats in, in exchange for some of their fish! How is that so hard to comprehend??

[@dozerblade]

The answer is obvious, Our reduced fishing fleet just fish what the British public will buy, the other types of fish will rebuild their stocks and then swim into the areas where the foreign boats operate, may take a few years though, tough shit France !

[@kevkinch4637]

This reporter is blatantly pro europe it's painfull

[@vonasi2]

That's because you are anti- EU and find facts about why we should be part of it painful because you don't understand much. By the way Europe is a continent that we are still part of.

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@vonasi2 " facts about why we should be part of it" ?? I've yet to see a good reason why we should be ruled by untouchable, immune-from-prosecution, unelected, impossible to vote out, foreign bureaucrats. Only a gullible fool would want to be ruled by someone he can never vote out.

[@vonasi2]

@@allymcmoist1484 'untouchable, immune-from-prosecution, unelected' - you just described the current UK government. Lie to the Queen to prevent parliament sitting - that's just fine and no punishment. Totally untouchable and immune from prosecution. As for unelected - the majority of the population voted for anyone but Bozo and his bunch of clowns but now have to suffer his ineptitude as a prime minister. As for the EU - well we did elect our own MEP's to sit in their house and we had more of them than most countries in the EU and they could veto anything they did not like. So they were not unelected and not impossible to vote out. Try voting out an MP from somewhere that is not your own constituency and see how easy it is to vote someone out in the UK. Funnily it is the same as trying to vote out a French or German MEP. Now we have left we just have a very powerful neighbour that we have pissed off and absolutely no say in any decisions that powerful neighbour makes - unlike before. Welcome to the world of being a small cog in a big wheel. Not being a small cog is reason alone not to leave the EU. Add on top that working together will always be better than standing in opposite corners looking for a fight and yet some how you can't see any reasons. Perhaps if you lifted your head out of the sand you would have a clearer view.

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@vonasi2 How have I described the current UK government?? They were ELECTED in by a landslide, you fool. We have the ability to prosecute our politicians, as proved in the expenses scandal, when some were JAILED. Your opening sentence is a blatant LIE. I'm not going to waste my time reading the rest of your salty remoaning drivel. What a walloper!

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@vonasi2 Haha! Your second sentence is also a lie! " Lied to the queen" - Hahaha! You must get your news from the Guardian or the Mirror. Brainwashed fool.

[@michaelgray7847]

I LOATH THE PRO EUROPE BBC!!!!) MICK GRAY ALNWICK.

[@sc3pt1c4L]

wow, what a remoaner bias this presenter has

[@roderick167]

could this program be any more anti-brexit?

[@Brightstarlivesteam]

The EU has destroyed the UK fishing industry. They did not care! Typical BBC reporting!

[@undogmatisch5873]

Nope, the UK destroyed their own fishing industry.

[@undogmatisch5873]

Nope, the UK destroyed their own fishing industry.

[@bikerslow2598]

Snowflake

[@misterbacon4933]

Do you know Nigel Farage? He was the British EU Parliament member to also represent the British fishing industry. He never showed up on those decision making meetings! Including his party members! Therefore the British fishing industry is gone. They have missed their share because no British representative was on those EU meetings!

[@michaelwhite6498]

@@misterbacon4933 When you are the only one voting against, while 27 others vote for why waste your time and money. The EU have never listened to UK voice. Had EU listened to Camerons plea for restictions on immigration and free movement we'd still be in it.

[@DavidWilson-ju4ld]

OK so I eat Cod on average once a month... Now I intend to eat Cod twice a week ...I love Cod and Haddock Mackerel etc..I suggest we keep all our fish for us British, sell it to N.Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and maintain our healthy lifestyles by eating our home produced seafood. I am sure after a few weeks or months the decline of huge stockpiles of British fish will hurt the Boulougne warehouses , and all across Europe, and lets see us commence separate trade with each and every EU country that wants our seafish.. and the rest of the world...when the EU soon crashes...our waters by historical right. Thank goodness for Brexit and common sense. Lets also see the UK Government issue interest free loans to our seamen who want to start up new business by building and or buying a new fishing fleet get our fishing industry up to strength by urging our Seamen to invest in new fishing vessels, equipment, and large warehousing/distribution so that we can benefit financially from this golden opportunity, dont give our waters away - dont give an inch. Britannia Rules The Waves., and Aye Aye for fishy pie.

[@ervie60]

At least one mistake in your thinking, no bilateral trade agreements between UK and EU members possible. Sorry matey but the world has moved on to trade between trading blocks or super economies and blocks.

[@nicadi2005]

@David Wilson "lets see us commence separate trade with each and every EU country that wants our seafish.." - *You CANNOT trade separately with each EU member state, you MORON!!* You can only arrange trade with the union as a whole! That's the point of being in an economic bloc!

[@mc2594]

I remember visiting Boulogne in the 1970's .. it didn't look like that, it looked like the North East does now. Strange what removing National boundaries can do for one and to the other 75 years after putting them back.

[@ffi1001]

That’s due to your government clearly not the EU

[@bull010163]

Was this film made by the EU or the BBC or are they one of the same now???

[@bradbuster4102]

Love the Scottish Captain! That's how to cut through nonsense questions! I hop you get your quotas Sir!

[@andypdq]

Who is he going to sell his fish to in the event of no deal, as most of it goes into the EU?

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@andypdq If they don't want to buy our fish any more, we might just stop buying their cars & wine. Who's going to suffer then?! It might give our waters a bit time to recover from the decades of rape by the EU.

[@Tonyjameswho]

@@allymcmoist1484 the problem with this is while we maybe a fantastic country, we are smaller than the whole of the EU. Yes we buy a lot of their cars and wine, but not the majority. Whereas the majority of the wine we buy (not sure about cars) does come from the EU. It is easier for them to absorb the hit. While it would damage us both, it would damage us more. It's similar with the US v China trade war.

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@Tonyjameswho It's not "easier for them to absorb the hit" at all, mate. We have a £95 Billion annual goods trade deficit with the EU. That's why they call us "Treasure Island". We are the customer, by & large, so we hold all the aces. Our waters could do with replenishing after years of rape by the EU & that's not an opinion, mate, that's a fact you can check for yourself.

[@Tonyjameswho]

@@allymcmoist1484 I understand what you mean about the fish stock levels, but I think you have misunderstood the trade deficit and it's impact. First of all you haven't included the trade in services, but that still doesn't change the picture. While it is large it still represents a much smaller fraction of the total of the EU's exports and imports than that of the UK's. Currently we are represent either 8 or 18% of EU exports depending on your method of calculation. While this would no doubt hurt the EU it would not impact it as greatly as it would the UK. That is why they aren't budging on our demands. We are about to cut our nose off to spite our face.

[@sc3pt1c4L]

"we have fish coming from 22 countries" by which he means "we have fish from UK waters fished by 22 countries"

[@uweinhamburg]

We distribute fish to 22 countries is something completely different to "we have fish coming from 22 countries". Please listen again.. #ATAD #IndyRef2

[@sc3pt1c4L]

@@uweinhamburg I did you the courtesy of listening again, and indeed watching because it was subtitled at 15:17. I was incorrect only insomuch as he said "seafood" rather than "fish", otherwise my quote was correct. Though 'seafood' means they could be taking our molluscs, crustaceans and cephalopods as well, so it is even worse!

[@justice6480]

Why does the bbc prosecute the argument for European fisherman

[@graham7176]

After listening to this BBC documentory, the tone, the compasion and overall leaning of the reporting, the BBC should relocate to the EU and good riddance.

[@davetdowell]

I'm slightly baffled as to why the BBC needed to produce a program to prove that they have more interest in French jobs than British jobs. Did they think we didn't notice them ignoring the decimation of our fishing fleets and the livelyhoods of our fishermen, not to mention the economic decimation to the economies of our coastal towns, in the 1970s, didn't they already make it clear to us that British citizens were the people they care least about in the entire world?

[@siypic]

Exactly..

[@charlesloraine-smith8212]

Simple solution: We Brits should eat more fish, forget social distancing and line up the local chippy. Why make it complicated? Just an idea.

[@Ira88881]

Lousy reporting, Sakar. And your logic is flawed: If the majority of fish in that huge French distribution center is caught in British waters...and now that fish disappears from there...who’s going to be hurt more? How are the British hurt when they have the fish, and the distribution center doesn’t? Plus, do you think it’s so difficult to open processing and distribution centers in the U.K.? We’re not building the Space Shuttle here. These are low tech, quick start-up, and low investment required industries. At the end of the day, the Brits will have the fish, the French and others won’t, and the talk of tariffs is irrelevant.

[@Gamrider]

Your logic is flawed. Do you think Britain is the only country fishing in the north sea? Norway and Iceland also fish there, but are subject to tariffs if they want to sell to the EU, while before Brexit the UK had no tariffs so it was cheaper to get UK fish. Hence why the French redistribution center was filled with UK fish. The French will still get there fish, but UK would have lost it edge against the non-free trade countries.

[@Ira88881]

ethan king I think you’re making my point. The French will get their fish, much of it British, tariffs and all. And Iceland and Norway are still part of the free trade association with the E.U., so I’m pretty sure their stuff isn’t subject to tariffs anyway.

[@andypdq]

@@Ira88881 You are correct, Iceland and Norway are part of the EEA so their fish will be tariff free. Fish from the UK on the other hand will be subject to tariffs, eg fresh Cod 12%, if no deal is made, so Britain loses out to the Icelanders and Norwegians. See www.seafish.org/media/publications/Tariffs_on_imported_seafood_170330.pdf

[@Ira88881]

andypdq But Norway and Iceland are going to have to negotiate new fishing rights as well in U.K. waters. They’re going to be a victim of this in a unique way.

[@aarongrindley8364]

Couldn't of put it better!

[@rebeccamondloch4265]

Lobsters 30 tonnes no wonder us in the UK can't Afford to buy any foreign ships getting most

[@carusmike]

OMG I absolutely detest the BBC.

[@carusmike]

I don't think it correct for me to say what I would like to happen to every single person who works for the BBC but whatever anyone might think is nowhere near what I would like to happen.

[@carusmike]

Horrible propaganda.

[@jackcrest3989]

Total BBC remain. No thought to the fishing fleet and processing capacity growing back to pre-EU levels.

[@shaungell4032]

Dissapointed with the interviewer seems to be EU friendly.

[@patrickkyle4601]

The French say that without access staying the same "not one UK fish will be allowed into France".So the "most important fish processing and distribution centre in all of Europe" in Boulonge will have very little to process. Makes you want to laugh!! At 16:41 "British sea food will be less attractive" - not a word about the loss of 65% of stocks from French, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian, German, Danish boats who won't be landing fish there! Then Msr Mulot says it's quite alright for frog fishermen to break the law and blockade the ports. 21:37 - "it's absurd to say we Britons have a right to all the fish, - we don't have the fleet or processing capacity" So confirming that since the EU destroyed our fishing industry THEY have the inalienable right to carry on doing that. What a pillock!!!

[@kreb7]

Tou do know that the totalEU fish caught the amount caught in UK is 10-12%

[@patrickkyle4601]

@@kreb7 well that seems in contradiction to reports that, together, French, Dutch and Belgian boats take 80% of their catch from UK waters. If their take was as low as you say why are they making it such a red line?

[@bsmith8950]

Typical BBC bias , taking the side of the European fishermen.

[@rippenburn]

I don't live in the UK and have often wondered why some people on KZbin refer to BBC as the Biased Broadcasting Company. Now I see why. One question at the start to portray English fishermen as selfish followed by numerous reasons why Brexit was a bad idea. Not so much reliable British journalism as EU propaganda.

[@markstevens2178]

This is such a PRO EU video, SHAME ON THE BBC, AGAIN!!

[@siypic]

They cannot help themselves........

[@bruceryan4160]

I just dont get why the reporter does not get the basics of the UK's position. We take back 100% of our fish. We offer that to the UK fishermen on an annual basis. If they can only harvest 60% then the other 40% can be offered to the EU, at a price! If next year the UK fleet has expanded and can harvest 80% of our fish then the EU will get 20% and so on. Its exactly the same as what the EU did to us back in the day ! Its time to look after our fishermen and the communities they live in.

[@markt5141]

it didn't need BBC in the title to know who made this documentary

[@kevinpawsey39]

Good old BBC sticking up for the EU once again.They can pick up the BBC in Europe but do the BBC make them get a licence

[@nuttall47]

Collaboration is just the word for the BBC.

[@johnjeanb]

Two points: Point1 the assault you show on French fishermen was about scallops which French were forbidden to fish to conserve marine life when British having no such law came to fish near French coasts. It is not at all French invading UK waters. This took place very close to France. Point 2: Of course UK is free to do what they want with their fishing zone and we French (and most Eu) are free not to purchase it from British exporters. You also complain about Cheap labour coming from Europe so when this labour is gone your fish prices will increase. Prices will further increase with new import duties (UK is not in the EU anymore) add so in short both UK and Europe will loose. Your choice UK.

[@DaveVersteeg]

Good points, but its waisted on these people on this website. They dont understand that its a different world than 40 years ago. Let them fish their part of the sea dead and wasted, with no quota's. Even now their food on the shore is rotting and dying in the farms. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

[@petercarston3163]

@@DaveVersteeg To start I'm neither British or even European, but I understand why some in the UK want to leave the EU and you display it so well in your comment, your arrogance that your view is the only correct one and if you don't agree you must be stupid. I see both sides of the argument and respect if the other person may have a different view as long as they don't get abusive like you have done. You obviously think you have taken the high road by commenting "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups", like you have the superior intellect, if the the EU was full of people like you I would want to leave too.

[@dinardsi9006]

60% of the quotas for fishing in UK waters go to EU countries. Is that fair? Our fleets were halved when we joined the EC. We coped with using our own people as workers in all industries before we joined and we’ll be fine after we leave the EU. You’re correct that europeans don’t have to buy it from us, but don’t delude yourself that they will stop their appetite for it. After all, that’s why you have not enough seafood to cater for demand in your own overfished waters

[@fulloftruthguardian5420]

Is Stephen Sackur thick or does he just act thick? If the UK regains controls of 80 percent of their stocks then clearly thy would expand their fishing fleets taking it back to what it was prior to joining the U forty-eight years ago.

[@alandew7150]

The British government should shut down the BBC and use the funding to protect the fishing industry against the EU fleets

[@firebug1166]

We should export the BBC... in its entirety

[@marcnobel3938]

The pseudo-intellectual there doing the interview should focus on the main stuff and ask proper questions. Nobody wants to hear his opinion on that case. He should ask questions, do research, and publish it. Really ridiculous to watch ... Is this guy an Activist or Journalist? As he behaves like the first-mentioned category.

[@levitate1078]

worse... hes a leftist

[@michaeltschuertz]

is there white fish that UK people want in UK waters? no? where does it come from, where does UK fish get sold to.

[@alanedwards6491]

If the EU impose silly tarriffs, then the UK will just retaliate. ?...

[@scottishlisa3463]

Well said Neil Parish - yes, we must absolutely tell the French they cannot threaten us...…..and if that means no deal, then no deal it is. They will not want tax on goods any more than we do !

[@johnkinch5944]

BBC seem to be very biased towards the French and EU in this film.

[@008juggy]

Brussels broadcasting corporation at it again I see.. Stop paying your licence people.

[@petersummers5728]

OUT NOW. --- NO DEAL. -- Our Waters. Our fish. --- REBUILD THE UK INDUSTRZiEs

[@destinationhighways]

This epitomises how bad the BBC is, though I didn't think it would actually be as terrible as it was. The fisherman at the beginning and the MP at the end handled this journo clown's EU agitprop perfectly. #DefundBBC

[@brianferguson7840]

Only the British could whinge and whine this loud about getting what they voted for. YOU WON ! for God's sake why aren't you happy?

[@doktora211]

The EU / Macron are being extremely disrespectful towards the UK, considering that our waters are exactly that...ours, and yet they demand access to them on their terms. How anyone would want to remain in the EU after seeing how they are treating us is beyond me, the EU seem to have forgotten how the UK & USA liberated Europe from tyranny, they are being very discourteous and ungrateful. We must stand firm against their bullying tactics, Brexit was not about maintaining a status quo, quite the opposite.

[@brianstubberfield2116]

BBC employee worrying about the French. Let them fish their own waters

[@markskoda8862]

This Sackur man is a disgrace. A very unbalanced report and another nail in the coffin of the BBC.

[@sirwalterkissmecrack]

BBC appeaser was more concerned about European fishermen that British fishermen.

[@sideshowbob5237]

The interviewer appears not to realise (actually he does but he's so biased he doesn't mention it) that the foreign fish processors need fish from British waters at least as much as the British need to sell the fish. Where can source that amount of replacement fish. They can't.

[@robertball3301]

I can’t believe the cheek of people wanting to catch more of their own fish in own waters, maybe the french would’ve been happier if German U-boats were sent in to stop any fish being caught by U.K. fishermen. I lost what little respect I had for the french when they voted for a middle aged man who’s sleeping with the elderly

[@Will-ul9oc]

Lets understand how this works. 80% of fish in UK waters caught by other EU countries, and most of the fish caught by them is processed by the French. Most of the fish sold in the UK is Cod and Haddock, caught by the other EU countries, and its sold to the UK because we don't catch enough of that fish ourselves. Fish caught by the British is caught outside the UK waters and is sold through the French to the rest of the EU. The British fleet is small compared the rest of the EU and it seems sensible for our fleet to fish our waters, but they can’t because of the EU Quotas. So in short we are buying our own fish from the French, and the rest of the EU because we are not able to catch enough Cod and Haddock for the UK markets, that's caught by the French or EU in general. Answer Take back control of our own waters so we can catch the fish we need for our market. This would probably mean we need a bigger fleet to take up demand. That would mean that the French won’t matter any more because we will supply ourselves from our waters, and process our own fish. If we need more fishthan we can catch, we then purchase them from the EU at a higher price because they will impose tariffs. That's assuming they have waters to catch them. Until we build the British fleet to where we need it again, we can of course negotiate an arrangement with the EU, and licence some of their ships on a short term basis as long as it suits us.

[@petejohnson1724]

the eu destroyed the lives and families of hundreds of fishing families when w went into the eu so yes time for the eu to pay a similar price

[@petersummers5728]

Rubbish. Find another large export market. Russia, USA, place corresponding tariffs to EU goods. U K to decide and control any fish quotas. Remember the EU need to get fish from somewhere, Subcontract the control and monitoring to USCG. They have the balls for the job. RN and UK border force are impotent and should be replaced.

[@stephenporter5886]

Surely the point is that after we leave the EU it is up to the UK to determine who can fish in UK waters and how we should licence this. Why should the EU expect that the current basis will remain in place? The reality is that the UK and the EU are not longer under one administration - we are two separate sovereign nations and both sides should respect that.

[@amsterdammancom]

And yet the UK doesn't eat British fish, they sell them to the EU and buy fish from Iceland Faeroe Isle and Norway... When you make an enemy out of your biggest customer who do you expect to buy your products? It is not like anyone else has bought the stuff up until now... Bulldog spirit! Learn to eat crow...

[@billfairless6256]

If the euros don't want British caught fish caught by Britons "Let them eat cake"

[@perseus-tx3zq]

We are leaving the Common fisheries policy, does the BBC really expect the UK to carry on as if we were still in it? Oh but what about the poor French it squeals. Did they ever squeal what about the poor British fishermen as they got fucked over? No! They've got the whole of EU waters to fish in, including Ireland's. The UK party is over. Go and trash their other mate's houses. Just don't get in any barneys in Greek waters. Those boys still use dynamite!

[@bakeredwards]

You do wonder how long the EU will be around anyway, we've got out just in time. Be good to give the fish a chance to breed anyway.

[@hohum2722]

That's Project Fear.

[@GlennWW]

Well he's an obvious EU supporter.... The interviewer that is... Biased or what?

[@kevinrogers2949]

Glenn W W No just a look at all the issues. Rather than we can do what we like.

[@allymcmoist1484]

@@kevinrogers2949 Who are you or the EU to say we CAN'T do what we like?? It's OUR waters.

[@davidprice9047]

You have to ask yourself is Sackur British?

[@roybakker1973]

This item did not age well, Wonder if anyone seen that coming.

[@onefinedaylemreway6590]

very bias this on the UK fishing side NOT once did he mention most of the fish the French catch is exported to UK so are they going to export to us and stop us exporting to them .. there are two sides to a story but this bias reporter on hit the British.

[@Stephan74]

It's all British fish they have 😂😂😂😂it's the French who needs our fish lol.. They can still buy them.

[@alancadwallender]

Why should we care about the effect on EU fishermen of not being allowed to fish in UK waters? Did they care when they destroyed our UK fishing industry? The UK fishing industry was one of the largest in the world before we were deliberately lied to by Heath and conned into joining the EU. Our coastal communities were decimated by the EU, and all that we want is to take back control of our own waters. The French, the Spanish and the Dutch didn't care about destroying our jobs, so why should we care about taking those jobs back? It is our right to do so. It is our right to fish in our own waters.

[@beavans]

It was not the British that over fished the Mediterranean. It's not the British that are over fishing their waters. It is the British who want control over their fisheries.

[@Bill-cv3dy]

It’s British territorial waters, what’s not to understand about that

[@tuisitala9068]

I am looking forward to Cod and Chips 6 nights a week (Haddock on Sundays) at 2/6 (12.5p for you young ones) per portion. I am a real unicorn and proud of it.

[@adrianceasar5620]

Hope EU will take back from London Euro clearing bussines 100 billion / year and also no access for UK on services.. let them eat the fish .. EU to keep the services and UK the fish .. fine by me...NO access on banking and services..

[@indogoUI]

Queen Elizabeth : LET THEM EAT FISH

[@indogoUI]

Worst case scenario 83,000 jobs lost

[@arcturus8218]

yea ok mate see how u do without the london money u twat!

[@memory432]

Adrian Ceasar , in your dreams where do you get silly train of thought from crisp beg.

[@adrianceasar5620]

@@indogoUI in the first month

[@jamesherold8655]

if it is hard to get fish unless they buy it from our fishermen they would hardly put a tariff on something they will have to import

[@eskimojulie]

You only have to apply the boot to the other foot to see how unfair the claims from the eu are .If the uk asked the same of them what sort of deal do you think we would get !

[@annoyingbstard9407]

I wonder whose side the BBC will take here?

[@tomsmith5456]

I wonder what that skipper thinks of Ms Sturgeon, the EU loving Ms Sturgeon who obviously wants foreign fishermen taking our fish to the detriment of the Scotts fishermen ..Ummm , strange cove that Ms Sturgeon.

[@nancytolman]

You could believe that report was commissioned by the EU with French support. When will the BBC ever do anything that actually supports this country rather than always supporting the EU side.

[@likklej8]

Over fishing time to the Max. Taking back control of fishing for unicorns.

[@jeffprince8178]

I don't want to pay the BBC to be a mouthpiece for French fishermen. This fellow is working for the French

[@justmathew]

He says it is all about symbols but I doubt he means the symbols on the sides of the tanks driving down the Champs-Élysées on the 14th June 1940.

[@peternicho]

BBC biased against the british fishernan, at least they know what the fisherman insist on.

[@janethacking4152]

It's like having a neighbour from hell camping on your back yard, throwing garbage on your lawn while their garden is neat and tidy. They harvest our fish and sell it back to us at inflated prices. We cannot regulate stocks and conserve the industry if we do not have control. Our fishermen should be reaping the benefits from our waters not other countries plundering it.I am not Scottish but proud to have a government who are fighting for the fishing industry in England and Scotland with not just words but deeds. The fishermen got a raw deal with the eu, time to take back control. If they want our fish pay for it.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@lendanno9347]

Pretty clear who's side the BBC mouthpiece is on. Note how he continually challenges the British fisherman, but accepts everything the foreigners say. Predictable BBC bias.

[@HappyinJapan358]

How’s this brexit going These days? I haven’t followed it for a while