Brexit trade deal: British fishermen say they feel ‘betrayed’

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Britain’s coastal towns were at the forefront of political demands during trade negotiations with the European Union.

Fishers had been promised they would take control of the seas around the United Kingdom.

But the deal struck was not what they were expecting, and some say they feel betrayed.

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from Brixham in England’s South West.

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