Fishing was one of the final sticking points in the post-Brexit trade talks. While fishing is a tiny part of the economy on both sides of the Channel, it carries big political weight, Reality Check. Regaining control over UK waters was a key part of the Leave campaign in 2016. Now that the new UK/EU […]
that the uk would bring forward new ideas to push things forward. they have behaved unfairly. the fishing licences were awarded entirely in accordance with the trade deal we negotiated, and we now need them to withdraw those unreasonable threats that they ve made. so, the uk says it s glad france has held back and it expects talks to continue later in the week, to try to unravel this dispute. damian grammaticas, bbc news. and in 20 minutes i will be talking to the chief executive of the scottish seafood association about those intense negotiations which do continue today. emergency teams in nigeria have been working through the night in the search for survivors of a lagos apartment block that collapsed while under construction. mechanical diggers are picking through a huge mound of concrete from the collapsed tower. suzanne kianpour reports. a nightmare in the nigerian city of lagos after a 21 floor
dispute between the uk and france. french president emmanuel macron says retaliatory measures against the uk will be delayed while talks over post brexit fishing rights continue. paris had threatened to block british fishing boats from its ports from midnight in a row over the licensing of french fishing boats. but the french president told reporters the sanctions would be put off as talks between officials continue. the uk said it welcomed the move and would continue intensive discussions. joining me now isjimmy buchan, chief executive of the scottish seafood association good morning to you, jimmy. are you hopeful they will come to some solution that is something that both uk and french fishing communities can accept? absolutely. the way to resolve this is by talks and negotiation. it is certainly not by taking action as the french have threatened to do.
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The Scottish seafood industry has launched a new recruitment campaign to help fill vacancies across the processing sector, particularly in the run up to Christmas, as demand greatly outstrips the ability to produce.