[GordonS]

Well, British fishermen thought we'd be "taking back control of our waters", and wouldn't be in the situation where they have smaller quotas that the large Spanish and French vessels that fish British waters do.

Of course, it didn't work out like that.

[teachingassist]

I assume the thinking was somewhat broader than that (fishermen only have 10,000 votes between them).

I assume that people understood their town's local economy would be uplifted by a renewed fishing industry.

Of course, that was never a real possibility.