British fishing trawler seized by France arrives home
Telegraph, 04 Nov 2021
A British trawler impounded by France amid the dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights has arrived in the UK after being released by French authorities.
The captain and crew of the Cornelis Gert Jan, a Scottish-registered scallop dredger, left Le Havre on Wednesday night as it emerged that Britain has granted 96 per cent of fishing licences requested by France.
The trawler had been held there since last week, when it was accused of fishing in French waters without an appropriate licence.
Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/11/03/british-fishing-trawler-seized-french-authorities-finally-freed/
Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH
Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
#brexit #fishingrights #trawler
The captain and crew of the Cornelis Gert Jan, a Scottish-registered scallop dredger, left Le Havre on Wednesday night as it emerged that Britain has granted 96 per cent of fishing licences requested by France.
The trawler had been held there since last week, when it was accused of fishing in French waters without an appropriate licence.
Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/11/03/british-fishing-trawler-seized-french-authorities-finally-freed/
Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH
Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
#brexit #fishingrights #trawler
