THE Common Fisheries Policy has been built up over the last forty years and would take an army of civil servants years to unravel (Scottish Fishermen’s Federation leader calls for short Brexit transition period, The National, December 11).
That would have to happen before the UK and the remaining EU countries started to rebuild their own fishing policies from scratch.
The UK has neither the inclination nor the time to embark on this process.
It would be no surprise if a very slightly modified version of the Common Fishing Policy appears as a trade agreement between the UK and EU on fishing, ready for implementation immediately after the UK leaves the EU at 11pm UK time on Friday March 29 2019.
John Jamieson
South Queensferry
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