Leaders from Scotland’s fishing and seafood industry will hold crunch talks with MPs this week over the damage caused to their businesses by Brexit.
We revealed two weeks ago how continental buyers were stopping buying Scots fish and seafood as Brexit red tape held up deliveries.
Increased customs bureaucracy has caused delays, leaving fish rotting in lorries at the border and some Scots businesses close to the brink.
Fishing chiefs will appear before the Scottish Affairs Committee on Thursday to give evidence on the impact of Brexit.
MPs are expected to ask a panel including the Scottish Seafood Association’s Jimmy Buchan, Scottish Food and Drink chief executive James Withers and Elaine Whyte of the Clyde Fishermen’s Association about the implications to businesses of the EU-UK trade deal.
They will also discuss the effect of the new customs arrangements on EU trade, and the current and future impact on fleets.
Mr Withers said: “We now have evidence of the impact of the first four weeks of Brexit and what has gone wrong.
“There have been multiple problems with our customs systems and we will be outlining these.
“However, there are provisions on how to streamline the present customs checks and we must now start collaborating with our European partners in order to urgently resolve some of these issues and get our trucks moving again.”
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