Transport for London officials stopped several Tory MPs, including Mr Rees-Mogg, boarding the trawler at Embankment and Westminster piers because of a licensing problem.
Mr Rees-Mogg then fled the protest before former Ukip leader – and
Thames fishing protest veteran –
Nigel Farage eventually boarded the boat.
Mr Farage joined fishermen in throwing a box of haddock into the river in protest after the
UK agreed to remain subject to the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy during the 21-month transition period after Britain leaves the bloc next March.
The fishing industry feel they have been betrayed after Brexit ministers made promises about “taking back control” of fisheries policy.
Tory MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg, Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Craig Mackinlay gave a short press conference alongside the Fishing for Leave campaigners who organised the stunt but disappeared before Mr Farage arrival.