Article 5HJFW ‘We’re piggy in the middle’: Brexit has made life impossible, say Jersey fishers

‘We’re piggy in the middle’: Brexit has made life impossible, say Jersey fishers

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Steven Morris in St Helier, Jersey
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Their families have been fishing here for decades but despite promises of frictionless trade, the market for their fish is disappearing

Steph Noel, who has been fishing the waters off Jersey for almost four decades, could not see the point of chugging out to sea in his 8.5-metre boat, Belle Bird, this weekend.

There's no value in it for me," he said. It'll cost me in bait and diesel but even if I have a good day there's no market there for what I bring back."

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