Danish fishing communities fear Brexit could sink them

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In the small fishing town of Thyboron, Denmark, fishermen worry the British waters they have become dependent on will be out of reach after Brexit

Poul-Erik works on the bridge with his father on their ship Anna-Lise.

"I like the unpredictability of fishing. Sometimes we catch 200 kilos, sometimes two tonnes, and we never know what prices we will get," says Poul Erik.19 Mar 2019Bork paints his boat outside his house with his partner Sabrina Mikkelsen. In 2015 - one year before the British voted to leave the EU - Poul Erik and his father retrofitted their vessel to make room for a bigger catch on their longer journeys deeper into British waters.

Under a 'no deal' Brexit scenario, Britain can choose to close its sea border completely overnight or wait until the end of 2019, according to the Danish fishing minister.A fisherman cleans the Anna-Lise ship while docked in the village of Thyboron. "It's always annoying when politics get in the way," says Jakobsen. "We ordinary people can't do much about it anyway no matter how loudly we speak."Viggo Andersen and Jesper Godtfredsen prepare to relaunch a ship at Thyboron Ophalerbedding where ships are maintained and repaired.

 

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UK I grew up in Denmark. There’s plenty water around it too.

That is what national borders are for: to preserve national resources.

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