THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS STARTED TO BE INDEPENDENT: RESTRICTIONS ON FISHING
We are three days before Brexit, but the positive effects on British sovereignty are already being felt, especially in the field of fishing rights.
One of the very first acts of the Johnson government was a ban on electric pulse sole fishing in British waters. This fishing technique, often linked to the trawling one, creates an electric field in the water by lowering a series of electrodes that are dragged by the fishing boat.
A technique used above all for the capture of sole in the North Sea, but prohibited even in the European Union, because it leads to an over-exploitation of fish resources. Too bad that, as always happens in Europe, some are more equal than the others, and Holland had obtained an exemption, just like on the payment of EU contributions.
Now the Johnson government has banned this fishing for everyone, based on the new national powers.
In addition, a nasty surprise has caught the Spanish fishermen: the agreement for the exploitation of British territorial waters, which guarantees fishing quotas in favor of EU countries for five years, does not apply to the waters of British domains outside the Europe. The Falklands Islands, New South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands delimit an enormous sea area under British sovereignty that lies between Argentina, South Africa and Antarctica. Very fishy waters, especially rich in shrimps and squid which until yesterday were mainly exploited by Spanish fishermen. Now the London government has decided to entrust its management to the Falklands, so no more free fishing for the Spaniards and more resources for Her Majesty's local authorities, who will be able to transfer the rights and exploit them directly.
Meanwhile, in the EU, France and Germany are already crushing the rights of minor states, as seen in the question of the EU-China investment agreement, approved despite many setbacks.
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