Post Brexit Fishing in Jersey

Jack Bailey, one of many Jersey Fishermen watching the French fleet enter Jersey Harbour in protest over new fishing regulations set out by the Government of Jersey

Jack Bailey, 24, the skipper of the 10-metre lobster and crab boat White Waters, said there was not a lot of money to be made from fishing at the moment.

“My grandad was a fisherman, my dad was a fisherman. It’s in the family. I’ve started to think to myself, would I have been better off staying at school and getting a trade behind me. It’s a sticky one.”

He reckons the profit from his catches has been down 30% this year on the average for the last few. That’s a big chunk of your money,” he said. “I’m just about covering my costs.

“I haven’t landed this year in France. Last year, it was once every seven or 10 days. It’s hard to say what’s going to happen. I wasn’t for Brexit but now I’d like France to exit the EU – then Jersey and France would be able to work it out themselves. I just hope there is a fishing industry left after this.”