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Originally Posted by Wonkie
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Why didn't the UK fish more?
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The EU's waters are pooled (along with some non-EU countries). There are quotas of how much of each type of fish that can be taken. Every country is given a share. Individual governments are then responsible for distributing their share of the quota in a way that promotes competition without harming local economies.
The UK handed most of their quota to international companies, and I believe some smaller fishermen sold the rights to their quotas to others. Ergo, UK doesn't fish as much as it could, and blames the EU for that.
This is the Cronyism of the Conservative Party; selling the nations wealth to their 'friends' that I object to (though I am now told there is a higher tier of elites who are basically doing the same thing with Europe as a whole...).
That's my perception, I'd love to hear Thrombosis's.