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Nirmal Shah, former chair of Seychelles Fishing Authority, accused the EU of acting like a neocolonial power.
He told The Guardian: The EU is hypocritical, going around the world talking about overfishing. It’s a neocolonial situation. The EU are telling us is they don’t care about our coastal nations.
The Maldives fishing communities use traditional methods compared to EU FADs (Image: PA)
There are concerns fishing stocks may never replenish unless urgent action is taken (Image: PA)
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Jess Rattle, of the Blue Marine Foundation, added the proposals put forward by Brussels were woefully insufficient .
She warned the plans would not lead to the timely recovery of the stock and could in fact allow the EU fleet to increase its own catches, compared to 2019 .
European fishing dependence on British waters (Image: Express)
Earlier this month, France challenged the EU to devise new mechanisms to ensure fishermen from the bloc are not cut off from UK waters once the current deal expires.
Communist Senator Eric Bocquet warned fishing communities in his Hauts-de-France region have already suffered because of Britain s withdrawal from the European Union and insisted appropriate measures should be created to ensure access from 2026.
Addressing colleagues, the French Senator said: The absence of realignment mechanisms risks leading in the years to come to British standards falling below European standards. On the one hand, the European Union will not have to resign itself to not strengthening the protection of Europeans and on the other hand, we will find ourselves in the situation of dumping we so feared.
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The challenge came from Communist Senator Eric Bocquet during talks on the ratification of the Brexit trade deal in France s Senate earlier this week. Mr Bocquet warned fishing communities in his Hauts-de-France region have already suffered because of Britain s withdrawal from the European Union and insisted appropriate measures should be created to ensure access from 2026. Addressing colleagues, the French Senator said: The absence of realignment mechanisms risks le
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