income troubled waters, british fishermen and brags it close up next upon d, w. blue . what people have to say matters to us. mm. mm. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d. w. o . here in ne england, the fishing industry overwhelmingly supported breaks it. fishermen were keen to take back control of u. k. waters and become independent of brussels. almost 70 percent of voters in the region wanted britain to leave the

e u. but now that's happened. they feel let down i almost feel embarrassed. i bolted out. i wish i could stand by the blow, the wood from us as the sap the overly way off. now we're west of them before but with grimsby? a port town by the north sea. ah yes. oh then, so submitted you aware that i was there in kenyan is one of graham's these last working fishermen, while he waits for one of his fishing boats to return to shore. he's repairing his lobster pots. he's been working since the age of 13

these days. it's mainly the younger fisherman working for his company who had out to see his labs as he calls them. darren takes care of everything on dry land. he learned his trade from his father. they used to spend weeks at sea every day. but in the 19 ninety's, the used common fisheries policy took its toll on the family business offices. the company switched its focus. the shellfish brought nails in the coffin as we've gone along. but i think we're getting to the end of a now we're, we're getting down to the last root nails in that say, you know, and it's true ardie it's, it's, it's really odd with the rules and regulations to keep going. we'll just keep putting more more goals on yet many local fishermen have long since given up there and still has 3 vessels manned by 3 cruise. he's managed to keep his business

afloat, but like many here, he'd penned his hopes on breaks it. he thought he'd be free from brussels bureaucracy and e u fishing quotas. one politician in particular, had promised fishermen that breaks it would revive their fortunes. boris johnson visited grimsby on the campaign trail. martin boyer is his chief executive of grimsby fish market, a british institution for the last 80 years seafood, destined for restaurants and fish and chips. shops across the country is sold here . a daily auctions overseen by the boss himself. one of the, one of the faces of the industry, it was way fine. hearing grimsley is a i was emotionally a very high profile subject carries acute,

emotionally. that's exactly what boris johnson took advantage of the region as part of what's known as the red wall. the british constituencies that have traditionally voted labor i visited in late december 2019, just a few days before britain went to the polls in a general election. i incumbent prime minister theresa may was bogged down and exit negotiations with the e. u. and rex it hard liner, boris johnson was determined to unseat her. here in grimsby, he pulled out all the stops. i joey came on recently made a great story because he came out with the future.

so anytime any of the politicians wants a project, the fisherman is of the human he's always been ah, therein is getting a boat ready to go out. he uses crab scraps as bait for. welcome, looking back, he realizes that bracket was used as bait in the last election to in this town. here. we've always voted labor. when boris came down to grimsby, and then everybody changed the opinion. he's been a hell bows in this on the over so. and everybody voted conservatives, especially in grimsby morris. johnson's pledge to help the fishing industry take back control of u. k. waters and increase catches helped him win both including darren's, believing that better times,

lay ahead. he bought an old trawler. so we've, we've done about all the officials have been here and of chic to along as we go we going free stages. so they've done all our and not one of them have said anything. he spent a year renovating it, using up all his savings. he's invested half a 1000000 pounds, over half a 1000000 euros in the new vessel. with the lo yeah, i draw, it's all new pipes. everything's over on new. zoe. the engine obviously is not new . darren bought the 30 year old trawler from the family of a fisherman who died. but after doing it up, he was in for a rude awakening. because the trawler hadn't been used for 2 years. it was classified as new by the fisheries authority and lost its fishing quota.

my argument is its been fishing the fe to years, and then suddenly again go fishing. i could probably go back fishing. bullet told me that after by about half a 1000000 pound for the closure, so it will will just dead in war. we've got to get rid of it somehow. now we're going to show it the government had promised to cut you red tape. but darren says it's worse than ever. the company's cold storage, lobster pots and shop are just across the road. darren's wife jenny, takes care of orders and deliveries. she likes working in a family business. her son in law dean is in charge of packaging. her daughter, laura process as the shellfish. but when the business is struggling, there's less family time. her they all thought that breaks it would take the pressure off. that's not how it's turned out.

ah, we don't have a lie with love to do something different. and not think about going down here, the money wasted on restoring the old fishing boat, left them financially worse off. it weighs on all their minds. i sophia, and eat and sleep at night worrying about terribly ill. so hopefully darren put the trawler up for sale for 400000 pounds. give me a lot less than what he paid for it. every day they check to see if anyone's interested. what will the trouble is? every one here knows that breaks it has left the fishing industry. real angler for new equipment, tricks, grow, feel really let down. really let down. we are. we're west of them before i say. so

he's been cho, was the john for the was fishing with darren tied. he's up the dock while one of his boats heads out. ah, ah, john steele and a young apprentice are off to catch wealth in the humber estuary. ah, he's also angry about broken bricks. it promises and thinks boris johnson sold the fishing industry down the river. spanish and french boats are still allowed to fish and the u. k. exclusive economic zone 12 miles from the coast. the government failed to change this in its negotiations with the e u. f. the fishermen, holland dozens of these white plastic traps, wealth are a delicacy in france,

south korea, and china. with regard to may 2030000 pony, add on a good j. 50000 pounds on the body, aka may 10000 pounds. we where night consolidate. it was underneath, in control of that suite, other governments. he anomaly. john steele isn't employed by darren. like all the local fishermen, he's self employed. they're paid according to what they catch. that means that if things go badly, they can be out on the boat for 3 days, but only earn a few pounds. but they love the freedom of working on the water. apprentice, god bly has been working with john for 2 months now, and hopes he'll be able to earn a living as a fisherman, despite the challenges moving change, right. i feel a little change from,

like i said, the governors watch is, are funding people and training cause his vision is whole, you know, whole thing. what, you know, the big ways are the great. it was today with official industry filica making blind, even though it's a great where my money implemented is a lot what we also common people think about hello i a few days later, grimsby fishermen used to bring their cash directly to the dock at the fish market these days, the biggest sellers are con and havoc used in fish and chips explains martin boilers. the bidding process is almost imperceptible, the blink of an eye, a slight nod of ahead. 99995 molar

. this is all of this market has been london 5 is all mobile on all of this makes it easy on the market and i all of this here is icelandic valley. this is an open house mainly for iceland, very high marking boilers, blames ocean warming. pardon haneke? migrated to colder waters off iceland, greenland and norway. that's where british trawlers fished when britain was part of the e. u. common fisheries policy. boris johnson promised to negotiate better terms, but the u. k. government failed to strike deals with these countries, and fishermen are now facing financial ruin. if the fisherman, a thought about the bridget arrangement in the 1st life that would have voted to stay in the you role is home from the colman that you policy was a system in place. so now will the u. k. goldman figures are doing is written,

engaging. what was there in the 1st place? the negotiating, we know, i about reciprocal arrangement. i'm not getting them though, negotiating with iceland about access to walters on the go in it. and the whole thing has become a mess. so all of the people that thought about leave in and it would also be rosy . it doesn't happen. growing unemployment in the humber side area is one result. was the city of whole is north of the humber bridge. karl malone works at cave st. fisheries, a traditional fish and chip shop. he's also feeling the cold winds of bricks. it, it's early in the morning and he's taking delivery of today's fresh fish. now that britain doesn't have any of its own fleets and sub arctic waters,

it has to buy fish from norway and iceland. jake, for example, this box of this year would be $1100.00 volts you found prior to breaks it. that fish now today is to $220.00 pounds. so obviously the absolves our profit. we cannot pass that to the customer as their wages and increasing so that we subsidize the price of the customer, making it non profitable. 2100 late to, to before a, to the i over paid last. we brought it on 2000 ford. nate. yup. karl malone has had his shop for 38 years, but he struggling in the wake of brakes. it whole is one of the poorest places in britain, fish and chips is the national dish classic working class fair. but these days it's too expensive for many. again, in the past, i would have sold people would buy a lot sized fish. now that i have the money to pay for this fish. well now that has

to be go through the smaller fish, because then they'll pay the price for the smaller fish. is becoming a luxury for the wagon them. he prepares his ingredients every morning before the 1st customer start arriving around 1130 there. mushy peas. that just generally all local people like down pole, but even the price is for please have risen since britain left the e u. he's here 20 pounds per box. this time, last year, there with them found a bug pull massive in buff double in price because there is no eastern european whackers coming over to pick the piece in the field. so obviously the novice did on the market is always reduced, which increases price. so again,

major problem when carl opened his shop in the 1980s, beverly road was a part of a vibrant neighbourhood with shops and pubs lining, the st. ah, 68 percent of people in whole voted for brakes. it. they thought it would help turn the economy around sancho works at the shop. carl tries to take things and stride these to the error promotion for cheap booties which is chips inside the boom. normally would be to found $85.00. today's special off a warm pound. my fair is a pound is better than nothing. so let's take

a pound also. about an hour until opening back in grimsby some 50 kilometers away. darren, kenyon needs some new equipment for his boats. he still hasn't found a buyer for his trawler. luck place these days. this fishing supplies door relies on online business. there aren't many customers left here in grimsby shop owner simon monday, helps darren in the big coil. hey frank, i will come out on dogs. yeah, that's leaded, letting him know site that might be a bit. take that side too late. this put stuff,

fall technology come from the from you direct. yeah. now i want you to stick on that full to yell up to go back. i'll go. i'll tell that 14, but this is good enough for tow in it to go to darren has been coming here for years, but he's told simon all about the trouble with his boat and how no one wants to buy it or yeah, he's just had an idea though, right, he's going to write to his local m p with the troll simon at the moment, or a bit stokes. so i'm going to write to the m pay. it may be the fishery minis dead . just as a saddle to melissa. so explain why. a bolts of fishing license was doing the bow joke to talk, speck, and of turn around and said, we can even go fishing with it. and i much believe you spend who spends a lot of money, a lot of money to get to the end. so he's absolutely diabolical

right. 2 sets of 14 gauge ropes and new gloves for one of graham's bees. last fishermen. it's 1130 and the 1st customers are here. lauren with macy also works for coral. lunch times can get busy. la, 3 pounds and 15 pence for a lunch of 2 chip buddies and mushy. peas. the

specialty is fish and batter, but times are tough. and most customers order, chip buddies. these days, colonel mc loan sells shellfish in extra large, regular and small portions. me personally, i vaulted out on, regretted it within 24 hours. i have children, i have 2 boys and underwear things just go in the things was getting tools. this is a valid solutions on the news, and i just saw for the children's future, adams, my grandchildren, scripture may be, it would be bad for them. we was only all the information we paid in. we will control that. we received anything back. we assumed we was the highest pay and

country in europe and received nothing. obviously, they told us the funding with gus van. it just hasn't vain and are on the dentist for to get my 2 sons a checkup because have not been checked since the fall cove. it closed everywhere. and they said a 3 year waiting list for the dentist for a 3 year with to be seen. how are you? oh, i played with brakes. it is hitting families hard here with among them. yes sarah and keith harrison. they have 3 children, harvey, tia and sky chips are correct twice and the list smell comes up

and the kids get chip buddies for lunch once a month for a special treat. i say they can't afford a large portion of fish and chips, the drivers they, you know, alum, basically the cheapest way to get to and ship it out really enjoy it and go to promo of the harrison's are struggling to make ends meet after keith was made redundant, they had to move into social housing. he used to work for a frozen fruits company, but his employer was another casualty of breaks it. there were difficulties and delays with imports where every word

stella omitted madness by a ne genova encounter this. they can't afford to let harvey and his little sisters join sports clubs and a lot of youth clubs that used to get you funding have had to shut kids are left glued to their screens at home or getting up to no good on the streets for them yet, and the trouble is what the doing does not leave her to no longer alike for no usa as no money for him after school clothes is there. but you think, oh pete's though nowadays, you don't want to see him patsy player and all that are in the box and that will do now. no, i can go with. 2 juvenile

crime is a problem in home. young people have few prospects and nothing to keep them busy. many turn to drug dealing and work as careers to earn a bit of cash. i have like serious kids. i'm saying if i fail once, once you join their flight through stuff your life i've been used one about was like not, but yeah, i thought about i'm of them because i made some actual good friend. mm. harvey's meeting up with one of those friends later. it's been a month since darren sent his letter neither his local mp nor the fisheries ministry has been in touch and he's still waiting for someone to make him an offer on his trawler. there were bug situation and we people don't want to invest really

. i suppose the way the climate, you know, with the way the fishing is obviously, ah, the family depends on the shellfish business, remaining steady. well my wife, she's always moaning about the boat that will never change. just tried it. came for very efficient into grimsby and to keep a few of the logs kate doing it. so the can't really work for bigger companies where the need laptops and that, you know, i can't really explain it but not very educational and, and there is gaps for says than you know, for young rods like myself years ago when we're not the brightest book. we can work with these wealth are destined for cool storage

to, to promote studio with the machine. so make some beats then you can do that. he thought for the come people, his parents can't afford the bus ticket in the town. this one is so once a week that harvey gets picked up by steve arnett, who runs the beat bus project. he had a tough childhood here in hull and now works with disadvantaged kids. the project helps youngsters gain confidence and broaden their horizons through riding and performing rap music. a few people can add money normally on the need to end money, then the can win money and some of away our projects is about given these young people aspirations and belief in the self and to look up music and the acts as a, as a serious korea and some for may, could do with their life rather than making the wrong choices and going down the

selling drugs, getting involved in a gum culture. life came in, be harvey's, been a part of the beat bus project for 4 years. so the kids don't have to pay anything to join but the free project is now at risk. so just have a look now. ah. when we 1st started out, we got business support that was funded by the european union. and now that's nonexistent as well. that's totally finished. steve arnold has spent a lot of time looking for sponsors to keep the project going. he is given up expecting any kind of support from the government in london, free for it. oh, go ahead. i lou fast, man like won't speak when he did speak. he was i,

i all the time one yet. and now is yeah, he stands on on stage a beat boxes in front of a 100 people and it makes it proud man makes very proud. so kids like to think i can do good, like get some places in life once a since they always said that i've been keep going and going on of lou darren's lads are on a break. the next boat will be setting off to night. it's an finding a hard battle will keep trying, but you know, it'll be a sub day if i had to buckle fully, you know, big it took a long time for me to do that. but there is a lot against those. ah,

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