The situation facing the inshore sector is “very serious," he said.
“We know this is an industry in crisis and we need to hit the ground running if we come into government next year.”
The shadow minister was speaking at an under-10-meter Inshore Fisheries Summit organized by the Hastings and Rye Conservatives, reported Fishing News.
It should be a “golden age” for fishing, with the current heavy emphasis on the need for food security and the problems with obesity and the need for healthy eating, he said.
Instead,