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Fishing was a huge casualty of today's Brexit reset
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And we can now speak with the chairman of the Shetland Fishermen Association, James Anderson
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James, welcome to the show. Many people saying fishing once again has been thrown under the bus
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What's your take? Yeah, I pretty well would say that's what happened
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Not totally unexpected for me, but I didn't think they would go as far as 12 here
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but that seems to be what they've done. James, many British fishermen and women were hoping and praying
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that the renegotiation in 2026 would allow those quotas to be stepped back
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to take back more control of our waters for people such as yourself
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The opposite has happened. Do you think finally we can see this has been a surrender to Brussels
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Yeah, I think it was a bit of a capitulation. if we negotiate annually, we might not have got much
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but every year there's a chance you can keep pushing your position
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But with a 12-year lock-in, we haven't got anything to fight with now
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That's gone. So we'll just have to accept this or this. And, yeah, it's disappointing, but like I say
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I wasn't totally surprised that it happened. James Anderson, the Prime Minister
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was eschewing the virtues of an extra million for British fishing and locking in deals which will allow the exportation of shellfish
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Does that float your boat, so to speak, or is it just not enough? I don't think that's anything as good
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as what the EU have managed to negotiate. They've got access worth of hundreds of millions annually
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for a 12-year guarantee. So to say we'll get 312 million from the UK taxpayer to do, I don't know what with, but I mean, split that over 12 years, not a lot of money
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And as far as that access to the markets goes, I think that maybe works both ways
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The EU saves plenty of food into the UK, so they gain from that too
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and yeah, so no, that doesn't in any way make this deal acceptable
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And James, we've got a quick 30 seconds. How would you sum up the mindset
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the mood amongst fishermen you've been talking to today? I don't know, I haven't actually spoken
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I've been travelling today, but I would imagine it's just be disappointment. Four years was mentioned and then we had this morning 12
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and, yeah, disappointed that it's been sold out again. OK, thank you very much for joining us on this huge day in politics
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The chairman of the Shetland Fishermen Association, James Anderson. Thank you very much for joining us on the show today
