'We may not have coldwater prawns for Christmas': Brexit threatens iconic British seafoods

The lack of a trade deal with Greenland following Brexit threatens seafood supplies to importers, processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers.

Greenland, an autonomous Danish dependent territory, is the UK's largest source of imported coldwater prawns and significant quantities of other North Atlantic seafood such as cod, haddock, halibut and snow crab.
Greenland, an autonomous Danish dependent territory, is the UK's largest source of imported coldwater prawns and significant quantities of other North Atlantic seafood such as cod, haddock, halibut and snow crab.Photo: Shutterstock
Published 21 June 2022, 06:00Updated 21 June 2022, 13:11
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