The UK government's plan not to issue visas for low skilled workers is a worry for the country's seafood processing sector, but not a devastating blow, said a sector representative.

"My immediate reaction to the announced changes is that they are concerning -- as opposed to devastating -- and that we will continue to engage with the government to press the case for exceptions where not to grant them would cause economic harm," said Andrew Kuyk, director-general of the Provision Trade Federation and joint chairman of the UK Seafood Alliance, told Undercurrent News. 

The UK exited the EU on Jan. 31 but will be in a "transition period" until Dec. 31, 2020, during which it remains in the EU's single market and customs union. On Feb. 19, Boris Johnson's government revealed low-skilled workers would not get visas under post-Brexit immigration plans [...]