Fly-shooting is a controversial fishing technique
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The EU has been accused of a "land grab" by fishing groups as it has drastically increased the amount of "fly-shooting" boats in UK waters.
Fly-shooting is a controversial fishing method in which multiple nets are used to encircle and capture entire shoals of fish, and heavy ropes drag across the ocean floor, displacing whatever is underneath.
There were originally just a handful of fly-shooters in our waters, but now there are 75 high-powered boats using the method all across UK waters to scoop up bass and mullet.
The Chair of New Under Ten Fishermen's Association Jeremy Percy told The Fishing Daily: "According to French inshore fishermen, it is a waste of time going to sea after these boats have been fishing locally as there is nothing left."