Brexit news - UK Fishermen demand UK leaves EU WITHOUT full Brexit transition
UK fisherman want to be unshackled from EU rules
Bertie Armstrong, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief executive, said no more than nine months was required to protect fishing interests.
He called for the nation’s fishermen to be unshackled from the “utterly inequitable and hopelessly inadequate” Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
Mr Armstrong said there was no reason for a “fishing related cliff-edge” and the nine-month “bridge” would give assurance to British fleets.
He said: "A transition period should be precisely that, not an excuse simply to extend by two years the period during which we are shackled to the utterly inequitable and hopelessly inadequate Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).