[jimnotgym]

> The UK regaining sovereignty over territorial waters for fishing purposes. These waters have been heavily overfished and the tragedy of the commons has definitely applied here. Ironically when the EC was originally formed the UK refused to join. Had they done so they would've maintained sovereignty over territorial waters. When they later joined they didn't.

I don't think this is going to happen at all. Most fish landed in the UK are exported to the EU. Kicking out their fisherman and then selling them the fish sounds like a very unlikely outcome to me. Macron has already flagged this

[cletus]

The politics of fishing in the waters around the UK and Ireland is long and complicated. Here's just one example: http://britishseafishing.co.uk/atlantic-dawn-the-ship-from-h...

I believe there have been other examples where the Irish fishing quota was expanded by the exact amount of tonnage as whatever new supertrawler just got built.

It's also true that the British government have had their own issues when it comes to fishing policy but I still believe that the end result in total will be better with a single government (the UK) managing those waters rather than them falling under the EU's fishing policy.

[stoon]

"More than 50% of fish caught by British boats end up elsewhere in the EU". A 47km traffic jam isn't going to help getting fresh fish exported either, that's the least of their worries.

What's most terrifying is the knock on affects of one of the largest economies on the planet going into reverse for 5+ years.