Brittany: fishermen express their anger against the post-Brexit scrapping plan

A slingshot wind shakes the Bigouden country. Saturday, February 25 in the morning, on the port of Pont-l’Abbé (Finistère)fishermen, elected officials and residents gathered to express their dissatisfaction with the post-Brexit scrapping plan. “We didn’t ask for anything, we’re going to pay the heaviest tribe. What we want is to save the whole industry and say that there is a future in fishing”says Stéphane Le Doaremayor (DVD) of Pont-l’Abbe.

700 jobs threatened in Finistère

Since Brexit, some French fishermen have been deprived of access to British waters. As a result, the fleet exit plan provides for the destruction of 90 boats. This destruction could impact the entire industry. In Finistère, 700 jobs would be threatened. To compensate fishermen, an envelope of 65 million euros is planned by the European Commission.