‘It will benefit the powerful’: row over Brixham fish market levelling up plan

Conservationists and smaller fishers say expansion scheme is good for the big boys' but will not benefit Devon port

A scheme to double the size of England's most lucrative fish market and provide more room for industrial" trawlers using levelling up funds has been condemned by green campaigners, smaller-scale fishers and leisure boat enthusiasts.

Critics claim the plans for the Devon harbour town of Brixham, which is expected to land a record-breaking 50m worth of fish this year, will lead to more environmentally damaging fishing practices, increase lorry movements and benefit a few powerful businesses rather than improving the town as a whole.