TopCat
Putin fanboy
So it would sell and no doubt would sell out. But it would be for less cash than the French would pay hence less profit.
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You can make anything sell out if you drop the price low enough. Problem is, dropping the price to the point where they could sell all the languostines wouldn't cover the fuel, overheads, never mind an income for the crews. They're fucked.
Great. But if it's in the sea it's not in a fisherman's wage packet. You claimed to care so much about the fishermen - why the change of heart?
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
They will be doing soon enough
TopCat
Putin fanboy
It's about profit only then, not feeding the UK.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Everything!"What's all this got to do with the price of fish?"
let them eat langoustines?
TopCat
Putin fanboy
When I want lagustine I get scottish ones that have been exported to Spain and reimported, frozen. It's rare to get them off of my fish supplier. He says they rarely reach Billingsgate market.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
What's wrong with that? boats and trucks require fuel and maintenance, fishermen and truckers need paying. They can't be expected to do it out of the goodness of their hearts. I'm sure they have families to support.
ska invita
back on the other side
Fishing isnt subsidised.
This could be a serious crisis here: if nothing happens quickly sounds as if it could see a collapse in Scottish fishing businesses, which in turn would I expect, mean indieref2 signed and sealed in Scottish consciousness. Tory polling in Scotland is already dropping day by day supposedly.
There is talk of possible "compensation" from government, but I just can't see if happening on a meaningful, endless scale
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Is the price they would get for a kilo of shellfish that different in France anyway compared to the UK? Minus the ridiculous transport costs?
ska invita
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Supine
Newt Member
Selling fish abroad is a wealth creation activity while selling it in the UK only moves money around the economy. So UK will be less well off. Plus there is no secret stash of UK buyers ready to step in and buy it all.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Targeted lockdown enforcement?
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I would imagine it has to sell for more in France than in the UK. It costs the same to catch it no matter where it goes but clearly shipping it to Europe is going to be more expensive than shipping it to just London. But you're missing the point, I have no idea what proportion of the population like shellfish (I don't) but the population of the EU is roughly 7 times the size of the UK. No matter how much you cut the cost (and there is ultimately a floor) then the UK simply isn't going to be a big enough market for all the shellfish that once went to the EU.
They might sell a bit more but nowhere the amount they did before ergo less will be caught and there will be fewer jobs for fishermen, for the people processing it and the truckers taking it to market.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
If you believe that I have some magic beans to sell you.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Remainers For Global Capitalism. You could get Blair to head that up. Certainly get Swinson.
Raheem
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It might, presumably, be possible to scale up processing so that less easily perishable products can be sold to the EU. But not overnight, and not without sacrificing profits.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
The truckload of rotting langoustines would probably be given a senior position in government. And it'd still be the least corrupt thing in the building.
I'm here all week folks, try the scampi.
I'd be up for nationalising the Scottish shellfish market and delivering a daily box of the people's langoustines to every family in the country whether they want 'em or not, but until that glorious day arrives what are they going to do with the fish that no-one wants to buy or eat here?
Leavers were/are for capitalism too - well, except those so naive as to think a leave vote would hasten in the revolution. It was - and is - just a matter of how you like your shit sandwich, and to me the turd in the 'out' sandwich looked bigger, sludgier and smellier than the 'in' one. I wasn't wrong. But no matter: now you, me and everyone else has no alternative but to eat it.
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