From an increase in supply costs to the knock on effect of Brexit, to rising energy prices, local chippys are taking a hit with fears that the popular Friday night takeaway could end up costing up to £10 a person.

"For anyone who has worked in purchasing for some time, this is as significant and widespread a challenge as we’ve seen."

The sale of a Hull-registered trawler, with the loss of 25 local jobs, to Greenland, has been described as “a foretaste of what might happen to other distant-waters vessels” if the government does not change course.

Fishing crews have been "disastrously let down" by the government's failure to reach a deal with Norway, UK Fisheries chief executive has said.

Talks on quotas collapsed on Friday, endangering jobs and threatening to push up price of fish and chips.

The sea of opportunity that Brexit was supposed to deliver has certainly dried up for Yorkshire’s fishermen. News that the UK and Norway have failed to reach a fishing deal for this year means boats like the Hull-based Kirkella remain tied up, possibly for good.

Exclusion from Norwegian seas could be ‘nail in coffin’ for distant-water fleet.