‘Nothing’s changed since Brexit – Britain’s fishermen have been sold down the river’

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Martin Gilbert regularly works 14 hours a day to make a living, while competing with large EU vessels that destroy his gear

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For Martin Gilbert, fishing has been his lifeblood since the day he was born. Now aged 62, he first began working in the Cornish sea when he was seven years old, and has spent the last five decades braving all weathers to capture crabs and shellfish.