United We Stand - UKIP Wales 2017 General Election Manifesto

Fishing
UKIP acknowledges the enormous contribution coastal communities make to the Welsh economy and
tourist industry. However, in the recent past small fishing towns and communities have suffered to
keep pace with countless European Union directives. Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, UKIP
believes we have the opportunity to safeguard our rural communities and give the Welsh fishing fleet
the chance to prosper once again.
The EU’s Common Fisheries Policy has drowned the UK fishing industry in a sea of unrelenting directives.
The UK has 70% of Europe’s fishing grounds but only 13% of its fishing quota. A UKIP presence in
Westminster will hold the Government to account to deliver a fair deal for our fishermen by reversing
the devastation caused by the EU.
UKIP would:
1. Implement an exclusive 12-mile zone around our coastline for Welsh fishermen, a policy which
will not only aid the fishing industry, but will breathe life back into our seaside communities.
2. Introduce a licensing regime for foreign trawlers, thereby halting the exploitation of the UK’s fishing
industry.
3. Insist on the installation of a 200-mile exclusive economic zone under UK control, our right under
international law.
4. Enforce “no-take” zones to aid spawning and replenish fish-stocks.