We went along to the docks ahead of the daily auction in Fleetwood.
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“We told people there was a big change coming and where people have had problems through no fault of their own, there is a £23 million fund to help them through it.”
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But the Conservative Party leader said the new relationship he had negotiated with Brussels would bring benefits to coastal communities that the UK Government would help trawlermen to exploit.
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“Be in no doubt that over the medium term, and much more over the long term, the changes are very beneficial for Scottish fishing – a big increase in North Sea cod, in North Sea haddock, in just the next few years, a 25% increase in overall quota in just the next few years,” he added.
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The introduction of new checks and paperwork since the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31 has caused huge disruption to exports of fresh fish and seafood to the EU
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A member of staff at Midland Fish in Fleetwood prepares fish for sale at the docks in Fleetwood
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Market manager Alastair Ewen (third left) conducts an auction of fish brought in this morning at the docks in Fleetwood