Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Seafood export woes have left about a third of the Scottish fishing fleet tied up in port after a slump in the value of its catch. New evidence of the cost of Brexit to this country’s valuable catch sector and its supply chain emerged just as Boris Johnson’s Christmas Eve trade deal with the European Union came under closer scrutiny in Parliament. Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael said major delays for exports of Scottish fish and shellfish since the start of 2021 were a “shambles” of the UK Government’s making.