Michael Gove has told European fishermen they will still be able to catch “large amounts” in British waters after Brexit — because Britain’s fishing industry is too small to catch and process all the fish itself. The environment secretary, speaking during a trip to Denmark this week, said: “Britain has no fish cutters [employed to clean, trim and bone fish] or the production facilities enough to catch all the fish in British waters.”The unexpected comment, made as the first round of withdrawal talks between Britain and EU continue, has delighted the European fishing industry but alarmed British fishermen. “Fishermen from Denmark and other EU countries will continue to have access to British waters after Brexit,” Niels Wichmann, managing-director of the Danish fisheries association, who…

Source: The Times August 03, 2017 15:56 UTC