ENVIRONMENTAL experts in York believe the UK seafood industry could benefit from Brexit.
Seventy experts and stakeholders from across the UK came together to discuss the future opportunities and challenges Brexit presents for UK/EU Environment, Fisheries and Agricultural Land Management sectors and policy at the University of York’s Environment Department.
They want to see access to export markets and imported raw materials maintained and consumers urged to eat more ‘locally caught fish’ in order to decrease the reliance on imported products.
Currently, around 70 per cent of fish eaten in the UK is imported from the EU, Iceland and Canada.
The information gathered will be used to inform policy-makers.
Dr Bryce Stewart, lecturer in York’s Environment Department, said: “Now the decision to leave the EU has been made, it is vital to keep fisheries in the spotlight, not only to ensure the best possible future for the UK fishing and seafood industry, but also to safeguard the wider marine environment.”
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