Brexit fishing rights: Questions about North Sea ownership

Fishing in troubled waters – how Europe’s fishing industry could get tangled in Brexit.

The fishing industry has found itself at the heart of the Brexit battle, used as a symbol of everything that “taking back control” would be about during the 2016 campaign.

But a few years later, that promise has turned out to be a huge obstacle in negotiations as fishing rights are one of the issues at the heart of the Brexit debate.

 

Al Jazeera’s Fleur Launspach reports from the harbour town of Thyboron in Denmark.