Article 1E1GF Tell us how the UK's fishing industry will be affected by the EU referendum

Tell us how the UK's fishing industry will be affected by the EU referendum

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With crippling quotas and endless regulations all over the country we want to know what the vote will mean for those working in fishing

Fishing leaders have told a parliamentary committee that their members are facing a "total lack of evidence" about how the UK would cope with Brexit.

The president of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, Ross Dougal, told the Scottish affairs select committee that the majority of his members were in favour of leaving the European Union, prompted by "micro-management and top-down management" of the controversial common fisheries policy. The majority of the industry are "no fans" of the EU, having suffered cuts to quotas and fishing time under the common fisheries policy.

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