Five years post-Brexit, the impact on the UK oyster business has evolved. Tom Haward, an oysterman, initially found that stopping exports before Brexit allowed for a shift to domestic sales, resulting in stable business initially. However, he now notices challenges as the hospitality sector struggles and competition rises among local producers. The barriers to exporting to Europe have increased significantly, highlighting ongoing implications of Brexit, suggesting that while initial fears were mitigated, longer-term viability is at risk due to market saturation and regulatory obstacles.
Brexit didn't really impact us at all in the short term. We anticipated it would cause a lot of problems with exporting, so we stopped before Brexit happened.
We were seeing a renaissance of love of oysters in the UK. But now we are starting to see...the implications of Brexit.
There are so many other oyster producers fighting for the same customers. I can already see a downward for sales in oysters.
There are now too many barriers, too many complications to selling British oysters in mainland Europe.
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