The “battle of the English Channel fishermen” is escalating – The French leave Jersey

Nearly fifty French fishing vessels were off the coast of Jersey this morning in protest of the fishing conditions imposed on French fishermen after Brexit began to leave the waters of the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel in the afternoon, as stated in the French Agency.

Jersey officials “remain in place,” said Ludovic Lazaro, a fisherman from the Norman town of Granville, Channel, at the end of a meeting between French fishermen and a Jersey minister. “It is now up to the ministers to take care. “We will not be able to do much anymore,” he added.

“It simply came to our notice then. “The politician is the one who has to take over,” said Dmitry Rogov, chairman of the Normandy Regional Fisheries Commission.

“It is not up to the fishermen to go and block Jersey to get what they want,” he added. “Now, if there is no successful outcome, the minister must turn off the light.”

The day before yesterday, Tuesday, French Maritime Affairs Minister Anik Girarden said France was ready to retaliate if British authorities continued to restrict French fishermen’s access to Jersey waters, implying a possible impact on the cable “that supplies the island from France.

Today, Anik Girarden put more pressure: “I hope the British authorities reconsider their decision” to include new restrictions on access to fishing permits issued to French fishermen.

According to Paris, the United Kingdom last Friday published a list of 41 French fishermen, out of 344 applications for fishing licenses in Jersey waters, but this list is accompanied by new requirements “not agreed, discussed, previously notified” in under the Brexit agreement reached between London and Brussels, and effective from 1 January.

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