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LOCAL fisherman are putting a positive spin on the failure of the UK and Norway to reach an agreement on a fishing deal.
They said past agreements were brokered by the European Union and were heavily skewed against the local pelagic and demersal fleets.
Shetland Fishermenâs Association chief officer Simon Collins said: âThis bring a long-awaited end to past practice in which the EU used to hand substantial amounts of Scottish quota to Norway largely to the benefit of a single foreign multinational that claimed to be English.â
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The chief executive of UK Fisheries Jane Sandell, however, said it is a âvery black day for Britainâ and claimed that hundreds of fishermen would be left out of work as a result.