More than four years after the UK officially left the European Union, the implications of Brexit continue to reverberate through the economy.
The slogan that helped to sway voters in favour of leaving was “take back control.” In practice, however, that appears to have been adopted by the UK’s European neighbours more readily than by the UK itself. For the seafood trade, it has meant a huge growth in paperwork and inspection protocols when exporting to EU countries, while up until now, the UK has been reluctant to impose such controls for products going the other way.