Over 90% of British fishermen are reported to have voted in favor of Brexit. Now just three weeks since Britain formally left the European Union, the fishing industry says it’s in crisis. All the red tape involved in getting produce from the UK to markets in the European Union has caused long border delays with lorry loads of fish being turned back. As The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports, Scottish fishermen say they are on the verge of bankruptcy.
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