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A report published by Gary Taylor, a former Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) fisheries negotiator, estimated the UK fishing industry could lose £64million each year by 2026. The findings released earlier this month came after the UK left the EU Common Fisheries Policy and took back control of its waters.
Defra has since pointed out it does not recognise the figures in the report and said the UK fishing fleets are forecast to make a gain of £27million.
Remainers have since ignored the Government and taken the opportunity to gloat on social media.
In a post on Twitter, high profile campaigner and lawyer Peter Stefanovic, wrote “Fishing industry ‘on course to lose £300m post-Brexit’ fishermen’s trade body claims.
“Welcome to Boris Johnson’s “golden age’.”
The UK left the EU following the end of the Brexit transition period in December 2020.
The UK agreed to cut EU fishing quotas by 25 percent over the next five years.
Fishing quotas for 105 stocks were then agreed between both sides and government figures suggest UK fleets had an average mean increase of nine percentage points for each species.
Defra also pointed out £100miillion of extra funding has already been granted to help British fishermen.
A Defra spokesperson said: “Now we have left the EU, we have taken back control of our waters.
“We have greater shares of fishing quota, and the total value of UK-EU fishing opportunities for the UK in 2021 is approximately £333million – an increase of £27million on last year.
“We have agreed a quota exchange mechanism and recently announced the first investment from our £100million UK Seafood Fund to boost science and innovation in the industry.”
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