Post-Brexit fishing: "The government is letting our profession die out"

The day after the announcement by the French Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, of the preparation of "

" to compensate fishermen whose vessels remain at the quayside, Olivier Becquet, manager of the craftsmen's cooperative fishermen associated with Tréport, is angry.

In this Norman port, on the borders of the Normandy and Picardy coasts, four trawlers have indeed not obtained the famous post-Brexit license issued by London, which would allow them to fish in British waters.

How do you react to the government's announcement of compensation for fishermen forced to stay at the wharf?

Very bad.

This calls into question the production units that make an entire industry work.

It is the death of a fishing port.

To propose to compensate for this with compensation is indecent!

Here we have four new 25-meter boats, at 4 million euros, which left the yard after 2018 and which did not obtain a license (

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