A list of puns related to "Common Fisheries Policy"
This was originally written as a reply, but it comes up enough times I figured it deserves a post. I'm not seeking to advocate one party over another, they all deserve a share of the blame for their action or inaction on this and at this point Brexit is just a thing, so arguing the whys and wherefores is kinda redundant.
Mainly, my point in raising this is highlighting that:
policy is generally really complicated when you get down to it,
the long term economic impacts of policy are even more complicated, and
it's both easy and common for politicians of all stripes to be disingenuously reductive about the complex issues surrounding policy and where it comes from, to shirk blame for their fuck-ups.
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#TL;DR — The impact of the EU Common Fisheries Policy is actually a red-herring in the causes of the decline of the UK fishing fleet. We fucked that up all by ourselves, and very comprehensively.
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It's successive UK governments policy decisions on the implementation of the CFP, which have driven the small owner-operators out of the UK's fishing fleet.
By creating a market first for the sale and then to allow speculative trading of quota as a kind of financial instrument, all the while simultaneously refusing to take steps to claim back seemingly misallocated old quotas or to issue quota for new vessels to join the fleet; UK governments hailing from both sides of the house have effectively driven the concentration of quotas into the hands of a few dominant players...
The EU actually considered this management of fishing quotas to be exerting such a perverse effect on the UK fishing industry, that the European Commission started infringement proceedings against the UK over it, effectively taking the side of the small owner-operators whom successive governments have effectively shafted whilst disingenuously implying it was caused by the CFP.
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Make of that what you will.
Order, order!
The House recognises:
If the UK does not abide by CFP rules during the transition period, it will lose the voting rights it has now.
Staying in the Common Fisheries policy for another 2 years would be a further disaster for the UK’s already shattered fishing fleet, particularly for the inshore fleet, further eroding prosperity in vulnerable coastal communities.
The CFP has caused significant damage to the British fishing industry and therefore should leave the CFP with haste, so that the British fishing industry may rebuild.
Under the CFP Britain is only allowed to keep 40 percent of the fish in our exclusive economic zone and that hat 40 percent is worth about £940 million.
During the transition the European Union could implement detrimental legislation to clobber what’s left of the UK’s fishing industry.
The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations opposes transitionary arrangements.
It is possible to move smoothly and seamlessly into a pattern of annual (bilateral or trilateral) international agreements with the countries with which we share stocks, to replace the CFP’s decision-making processes. If there are transitional arrangements , they should apply only to the trade regime.
The House urges the government to:
That the government of the United Kingdom pulls out of the CFP as fast as possible and takes the steps necessary in order to regain control of its EEZ. This can be done via leaving the European Union smoothly within the Article 50 deal or negotiating with the European Union to ensure that the CFP is not included in transitionary arrangements.
The motion was submitted by /u/Eriktherod, MP for Humberside on behalf of the Libertarian Party UK.
This division will end on the 27th of October.
Please vote Aye, No or Abstain only.
I'm working on a research project that involves looking at global fisheries policy, and I'm getting confused about exactly where in the world the EU's Common Fisheries Policy is applicable to member states, especially concerning overseas territories. Does anyone know where I can find a map of where the CFP is officially in place?
[Eiriktherod enters a pub and sits down. She orders a beer and relaxes after a hard day of campaigning in Hull and Grimsby. Suddenly she overhears someone talking behind her. Something about... the EU. She listens in on the conversation]
Fisherman: Arr shiver me timbers. We've really been having some trouble with ye old common fisheries policy.
[Eirik spins around on her chair and faces the fisherman]
Eirik: Excuse me sir, did you just mention the common fisheries policy?
Fisherman: Yarr.. The EU bureaucrats are a bunch of landlubbers, they be given us catch limits and regulations that be ruining the art of fishing ye see!
Eirik: I completely agree with you sir. That's why the LPUK has promised to exit the common fisheries policy as soon as possible. Unlike my labour opponent who has stated in a recent debate with our party-leader that he would prefer to stay two more years in the CFP rather than exit now. The LPUK realises the importance of freedom from the CFP. Crooked Lannister however, would prefer to have regional investment banks controlled by Labour in order to 'regrow' the fishing industry.
Fisherman: Blimey matey! I didn't know labour were such scally wags!
Eirik: I know, I know. It's dreadful, isn't it? Don't worry though. The LPUK knows of the regional importance that fishing has in Humberside. We will tear down the quota system of the Common Fisheries policy and take away EU access from our waters. We will take control and negotiate an EEZ that will revitalise Grimsby and bring back the glory days.
Fisherman: Ohoy, that sounds smashing! I had been thinkin bout' voting for another party but now this old seadog is going to scuttle ship to the LPUK!
Order, Order!
The House recognises that:
(a) If the UK does not abide by CFP rules during the transition period, it will lose the voting rights it has now.
(b) Staying in the Common Fisheries policy for another 2 years would be a further disaster for the UK’s already shattered fishing fleet, particularly for the inshore fleet, further eroding prosperity in vulnerable coastal communities.
(c) The CFP has caused significant damage to the British fishing industry and therefore should leave the CFP with haste, so that the British fishing industry may rebuild.
(d) Under the CFP Britain is only allowed to keep 40 percent of the fish in our exclusive economic zone and that hat 40 percent is worth about £940 million.
(e) During the transition the European Union could implement detrimental legislation to clobber what’s left of the UK’s fishing industry.
(f) The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations opposes transitionary arrangements.
(g) It is possible to move smoothly and seamlessly into a pattern of annual (bilateral or trilateral) international agreements with the countries with which we share stocks, to replace the CFP’s decision-making processes. If there are transitional arrangements , they should apply only to the trade regime.
The House urges:
That the government of the United Kingdom pulls out of the CFP as fast as possible and takes the steps necessary in order to regain control of its EEZ. This can be done via leaving the European Union smoothly within the Article 50 deal or negotiating with the European Union to ensure that the CFP is not included in transitionary arrangements.
Submitted by /u/Eriktherod, MP for Humberside on behalf of the Libertarian Party UK
This reading shall end on 23rd October 2018.
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