Danish fishermen pin hopes on Brexit deal

THYBORØN (Denmark), Nov 09 (AFP): In Thyboron, a port in western Denmark, the sky is grey and overcast and fishermen look just as gloomy as soon as the word Brexit is mentioned. Almost all of the 2,000 people who live here know a fisherman whose livelihood depends largely on catches in British waters.

For several years now, Tamme Bolt's trawler has increasingly fished in British waters, following the fish as they migrate further north in the North Sea.

Bolt, a good-natured fisherman in his 50s who heads a crew of 10, tells AFP that if he no longer has access to British waters, "we will lose one third of our income" and he might have to lay off people.

Many of the 300-strong local fishermen's association, Denmark's biggest, catch between 10 and 70 per cent of their haul in the British part of the North Sea, reeling in cod, herring and sand eel among others.