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Fishing Rights, Economic Or Sovereignty? System
In the Brexit agreement negotiations, the problem of access to British fishing waters seems to be eternal. In the United Kingdom, fisheries account for only 0.1% of the United Kingdom’s GDP, while in the EU Group, this value reaches 0.2%. Nevertheless, fisheries remain a hot topic for negotiators and leaders. Disputes over fisheries in the North Sea have also become more complicated.
Practitioners in related industries in the United Kingdom believe that after Brexit, British coastal communities will flourish because of fisheries, which may create thousands of jobs in the fisheries sector. One commentator pointed out that the UK has neither ships nor personnel to capture the potential figures quoted. There is almost no possibility that fisheries will help the UK's GDP growth.
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The fisheries contradiction is actually a concrete manifestation of the intricate relations and contradictions between the UK and the EU.