Bulletguy Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Report damns impact of Brexit on fishing industry Brexit caused “a perfect storm” of extra paperwork, labour shortages and financial difficulties for the fishing industry, a damning new report has found. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fisheries released the report today (Monday) following conversations with people across the industry about how Brexit had impact them, their businesses and their livelihoods. “Brexit: Voices of the Fishing Industry” found the industry had been hit hard by the impact of leaving the EU – despite claims in the build-up to the EU referendum that UK fishing would prosper post-Brexit. Exports became subject to much greater quantities of paperwork, including health certificates, catch certificates, storage documents, process statements, packaging lists, and commercial invoices. An example was given of a mixed load of live shellfish for which ‘the paperwork has gone from one to several hundred pages’. More staff hours were required to complete additional paperwork, with one seafood wholesaler calculating this to cost an average of £200 per day for his business. A Dorset fisherman reported losing nearly all his business ‘mainly due to the paperwork involved and the financial cost to carry on. "Sales to the EU have fallen by 65-70% on molluscs and at least 60% on live crustaceans and remaining sales have been to wholesalers instead of bespoke smaller more profitable merchants and retailers. The economics of these [formerly] more profitable smaller sales have been destroyed by costs such as health certification, customs checks, and VAT agents’ fees". https://tinyurl.com/53w7bc9v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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