article_snippet.sent: Tony Rutherford, 59, features on Nigel Farage's party's new poster highlighting the impact of EU laws on coastal communities.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rutherford, who started working full-time in the fishing industry aged 15, is managing director of Bideford Fisheries in Bideford, north Devon.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rutherford, a third generation fisherman, said: 'What has been done to UK waters is totally disgusting with the amount of fish that is taken by Europe.'
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rutherford insisted Mr Rutherford was supportive of any politician who campaigned to 'get UK waters back' - blaming the EU for the decline of Mr Rutherford industry in UK.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rutherford said: 'It's not political.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rutherford said Mr Rutherford had not met Mr Farage but praised Mr Rutherford as a 'normal working man', who likes a drink and a smoke.
article_snippet.sent: But Mr Rutherford praised the work of Conservative candidate Geoffrey Cox, who is standing for re-election in Torridge and West Devon.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rutherford said: 'The local people for Ukip and the Conservatives have done so much for his industry in the UK.