EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Meanwhile, the UK is using its newfound freedom to do things the EU would never have allowed it to do!

The proposal was condemned by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), which described it as taking a “sledgehammer” to the fishing industry, already suffering from export delays for fish and shellfish post Brexit.

Dale Rodmell, assistant chief executive at the NFFO, said the fishing community had not been warned about the move. He said: “This changes the whole calculus on where it was expected the balance would lie for sustainable fisheries access in meeting site conservation objectives. The proposals amount to a further sellout of fishing. It augurs ominously for other areas and for fishing communities in our increasingly crowded seas.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/02/big-day-for-uk-seas-as-bottom-trawling-ban-in-four-protected-areas-proposed

Here's to happier and longer lives for scallops and all other animals and plants on Dogger Bank, and, of course, the protection of 'particularly British activities' there.