The Scottish fishing industry is counting the “crippling” costs of new bureaucratic requirements to export their catch to the EU, prompting industry leaders to warn that without immediate government support there could be “permanent casualties”.
The fishing industry was at the centre of an eleventh hour compromise between EU and UK negotiators which paved the way for an agreement to be concluded on Christmas Eve. Under the deal, the UK will take back 25% of the EU’s fishing quota, with changes

