‘Boris must go!’ Britons rage at Brexit fishing move: ‘Not done what he was elected to do’ – Daily Express

Fury has erupted after the Africa and the Zeeland - two of the largest fishing vessels in the world - were seen just 15 miles off the Cornwall coast on several days throughout last week. Jayne Adye, director of the pro-Brexit campaign group Get Britain Out, said: Both are registered in the Netherlands, and for some obscure reason, have been given licences to fish in UK waters. They are both well over 100 meters long and use nets which can be the size of six football pitches.

She added: Such large vessels indiscriminately catch huge numbers of fish at one time, whatever their species and size, with no regard for the damage this must do to the fish stocks of this country as well as the general biodiversity of UK waters."

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), had given permission for both vessels to fish here, she claimed.

In addition, seven other supertrawlers registered in the EU were operating with the blessing of the UK Government.

A Defra spokesperson said: As an independent coastal state we can now review which vessels, including supertrawlers, can access and fish our waters.

The new licensing framework within the Fisheries Act allows us to apply conditions to the activities of all fishing vessels in our waters - regardless of their nationality and will need to abide by UK rules around sustainability and access to our Blue Belt of protected waters.

But the latest triggered a furious response from Britons, who have launched a blistering attack against Mr Johnson and his Government.

Express.co.uk reader alanwalton raged: "This is one of many reasons he has to go, because he has been useless."

Fellow reader harrymc mocked the Prime Minister's repeated pledge the UK would take back control following Brexit.

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Gezzer said: "He keeps making mistake after mistake and doesn't learn from past lessons.

"This is just another one of them."

Express reader Liberated UK simply said: "He just needs to go now."

Elsewhere, Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has ramped up the pressure on UK counterpart Liz Truss by saying he wants to see an agreement on the much-debated Northern Ireland Protocol reached by the end of February.

This comes after Ms Truss held her first meeting with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic since taking over Brexit negotiations following the shock resignation of Lord Frost last month.

Mr Coveney acknowledged the meeting marked a "reset" in the relationship between the EU and UK negotiating teams, which is now "in a better place than we've seen for a while".

He said: "From my conversations with both sides, I think that process will be a very serious one.

"I think in people's minds, really, we would like to have, if possible, these issues resolved by the end of February so that the elections in Northern Ireland can move ahead without being dominated by the Protocol issues, right the way to polling day.

"Elections in the North are often polarising enough affairs without having the added complexity and tension around the Protocol and its implementation.

"So I think everybody is conscious of their responsibility in terms of trying to bring some stability and certainty to Northern Ireland in the context of Brexit, and the Northern Ireland Protocol."

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'Boris must go!' Britons rage at Brexit fishing move: 'Not done what he was elected to do' - Daily Express