One of the main requests from the fishing industry in Cornwall was to exclude French and other EU boats from the zone between six and 12 miles off the Cornish coast.
The Brexit deal did not do this - which was "extremely painful", according to Chris Ranford from the Cornish Fish Producers Organisation which represents about 170 vessels fishing for over 40 different species of fish.
"Our boats are often affected by the weather and the sea conditions. They are not able to go to the sea at certain times of the year because they don't have engine capacity or the size of the boat to do so. During those times, we get a lot of foreign vessels operating up to the six mile line."
He's also sceptical about the post-Brexit increase in fish quotas.
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"Us in the south-west of England, fishing relatively close to the shore, haven't seen anywhere near as much as a 25% increase. We are looking at very minimal numbers."
In Devon, Juliette Hatchman of South Western Fish Producers highlighted post-Brexit trade.
Although the trade deal avoided tariffs (taxes) on UK seafood exports to the EU, she says there are still problems:
"The sheer cost of all the additional export paperwork is quite eyewatering. Whilst the extra costs have in part been absorbed into the selling prices to some EU customers, this has clearly resulted in the loss of some long-standing smaller EU (namely French) customers."
Good old Brexit.
I wonder if the good folk of Cornwall are still glad they voted leave ( despite being the biggest county recipient of EU money )
There's a large wood on the farmer's fields opposite us and I have been watching a wood fire burning all day, emitting lots of smoke, fortunately not in this direction. It regularly happens. I presume he's burning brash. We're supposed to be in a Smokeless Zone although I'm not 100% certain it extends out this far.
Can you officially name a road as 'Unnamed Road'? I've just had to fill in a form with the road name as 'Unnamed Road' because that's how it appears on the official address
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
But are they just unnamed or are they actually named 'Unnamed Road'? This seems more like there's a sign at the end of the street that says 'Welcome to Unnamed Road'. As if someone wanted to really annoy a bureaucrat one day by picking Unnamed as the name.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
There's a large wood on the farmer's fields opposite us and I have been watching a wood fire burning all day, emitting lots of smoke, fortunately not in this direction. It regularly happens. I presume he's burning brash. We're supposed to be in a Smokeless Zone although I'm not 100% certain it extends out this far.
Report it to your local council. Environmental Health department may take an interest.
Farmers and landscapers etc are permitted to burn untreated wood and natural plant waste etc. as long as they do so safely and don’t endanger habitat etc.
Its advisable to notify the council/local fire brigade in advance in case someone mistakenly alerts them to unexplained smoke etc.
Triple curmudge here. On the way home from physio with OH (he's twisted something) we had to drive thru thick smog as someone was burning wood - smoke so thick it filled the valley it was in and had blown into the next.
Earlier on I'd said to OJ that I needed to sort out some music to play on a long jounrey when I go to Chelsea in May. He opened the glove box and said there's a CD player in here. 3 years we've had this car now and first menton of a hidden CD player! Not that I can reach it while driving so I still need a USB stick.
Just as we get to our last turning there was a lot of water and some pipes in the road and a team of chaps. Get home to find no water and no notifcation of it being turned off so we could fill kettles. Chappy on the phone says he knows nowt about it. Humph!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
My particular curmudgeon is the lack of space between the key hole and a rough wall when I lock up in the Church. Grazed knuckles as a result and I can't really even curse
Thanks @philippasmith2. OH tried again and this time gota woman who found the spot on her map and said there was emrgency repair going on and water should return soon.
It did, for just over an hour while chappies had their lunch break and then went off again - without warning - by which time OH had set off the dishwasher and disapppeared down the garden. They don't like running with no water and do a lot of beeping.
I'll just sit and quietly de-flesh the limquats I boiled up for marmalade....... Not a job for skinned knuckles. Ouch.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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'No change' in Cornwall
One of the main requests from the fishing industry in Cornwall was to exclude French and other EU boats from the zone between six and 12 miles off the Cornish coast.
The Brexit deal did not do this - which was "extremely painful", according to Chris Ranford from the Cornish Fish Producers Organisation which represents about 170 vessels fishing for over 40 different species of fish.
"Our boats are often affected by the weather and the sea conditions. They are not able to go to the sea at certain times of the year because they don't have engine capacity or the size of the boat to do so. During those times, we get a lot of foreign vessels operating up to the six mile line."
He's also sceptical about the post-Brexit increase in fish quotas.
"Us in the south-west of England, fishing relatively close to the shore, haven't seen anywhere near as much as a 25% increase. We are looking at very minimal numbers."
In Devon, Juliette Hatchman of South Western Fish Producers highlighted post-Brexit trade.
Although the trade deal avoided tariffs (taxes) on UK seafood exports to the EU, she says there are still problems:
"The sheer cost of all the additional export paperwork is quite eyewatering. Whilst the extra costs have in part been absorbed into the selling prices to some EU customers, this has clearly resulted in the loss of some long-standing smaller EU (namely French) customers."
Good old Brexit.
I wonder if the good folk of Cornwall are still glad they voted leave ( despite being the biggest county recipient of EU money )
We're supposed to be in a Smokeless Zone although I'm not 100% certain it extends out this far.
Report it to your local council. Environmental Health department may take an interest.
Its advisable to notify the council/local fire brigade in advance in case someone mistakenly alerts them to unexplained smoke etc.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/d7-waste-exemption-burning-waste-in-the-open
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Earlier on I'd said to OJ that I needed to sort out some music to play on a long jounrey when I go to Chelsea in May. He opened the glove box and said there's a CD player in here. 3 years we've had this car now and first menton of a hidden CD player! Not that I can reach it while driving so I still need a USB stick.
Just as we get to our last turning there was a lot of water and some pipes in the road and a team of chaps. Get home to find no water and no notifcation of it being turned off so we could fill kettles. Chappy on the phone says he knows nowt about it. Humph!
My particular curmudgeon is the lack of space between the key hole and a rough wall when I lock up in the Church. Grazed knuckles as a result and I can't really even curse
It did, for just over an hour while chappies had their lunch break and then went off again - without warning - by which time OH had set off the dishwasher and disapppeared down the garden. They don't like running with no water and do a lot of beeping.
I'll just sit and quietly de-flesh the limquats I boiled up for marmalade....... Not a job for skinned knuckles. Ouch.