Years on: 'What Brexit changed for us'

A decade after the UK voted to leave the European Union, fishermen in southern England say Brexit has brought operational changes they describe as costly and harder to manage. With the referendum passing 52% to 48% for Leave, Peter Dadds, a full-time fisherman from Mudeford near Christchurch in Dorset, says fishing is “definitely better” than it is now, citing increased bureaucracy and confusion about access. He says English boats are leaving port and passing foreign vessels steaming in because they can fish within a six-mile limit, calling it “ludicrous.” Dadds also reports that exports require paperwork for every species, with daily forms for weights and details for multiple species, increasing labor and logistics. He adds that extending the EU’s time in UK waters by another 12 years, reportedly announced last year, has been a blow to British fishermen. He fears it discourages new entrants.