Common Fisheries Policy

A shellfish export truck with a protest sign written across the trailer "Incompetent Government Destroying Shellfish Industry" drives past the Palace of Westminster in London

Scottish fishermen say their industry is in crisis after Brexit  

Since Jan. 1, when Britain formally left the European Union, truckloads of fish have been stopped at ports on both sides of the English Channel.

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