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Silly explanation, it implies the EU is stealing something. Which is just not true. They just want to fish in UK waters and abide by a legally agreed treaty. For whatever reason they feel they are being denied this because of British bureaucracy.
I wonder how many British boats fish between the 6 and 12 miles of France ? I heard it mentioned on the news that France had only issued 1 license to UK vessels but I can't find any reference to this on the Internet.Richard Frost wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 10:45amSilly explanation, it implies the EU is stealing something. Which is just not true. They just want to fish in UK waters and abide by a legally agreed treaty. For whatever reason they feel they are being denied this because of British bureaucracy.
Not sure of the relevance, I am not aware of any complaints Britain has regarding any licences the French may or may not have issued. As has already been mentionedexpressman33 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 11:25amI wonder how many British boats fish between the 6 and 12 miles of France ?Richard Frost wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 10:45amSilly explanation, it implies the EU is stealing something. Which is just not true. They just want to fish in UK waters and abide by a legally agreed treaty. For whatever reason they feel they are being denied this because of British bureaucracy.
But I do know that fishing is a minute portion of the UK economy that affects hardly any of us.
Why did France seize the British trawler ?Richard Frost wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 11:51amNot sure of the relevance, I am not aware of any complaints Britain has regarding any licences the French may or may not have issued. As has already been mentionedBut I do know that fishing is a minute portion of the UK economy that affects hardly any of us.
My understanding from this report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59136697 is that the French claim that the trawler did not have the correct licence.expressman33 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 1:54pmWhy did France seize the British trawler ?Richard Frost wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 11:51amNot sure of the relevance, I am not aware of any complaints Britain has regarding any licences the French may or may not have issued. As has already been mentionedBut I do know that fishing is a minute portion of the UK economy that affects hardly any of us.
Sources at the environment department told the BBC the boat's impoundment is viewed as a "routine enforcement action" by the French and is not connected to the wider fishing row, so is unlikely to be raised as part of negotiations on licences.
However, last week Ms Girardin said standard checks on British vessels had been undertaken against "the backdrop of the tightening of controls in the Channel, in the context of discussions on licences with the United Kingdom and the European Commission".
She added that the trawler had been fishing in the Bay of Seine without the proper licences.
Macduff Shellfish has said the boat had a licence to fish in EU waters earlier this year and that it did not yet understand why the vessel had been removed from the authorised list.
For similar reasons for us seizing foreign trawlers. I live in a once thriving deep sea fishing port so know it happens. No longer a deep sea fishing port because the trawler owners sold their fishing quota to the Dutch. Nothing really to do with the EU but they could make more money easier by supporting the oil and gas fields in the North Sea hence the sale.expressman33 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 1:54pmWhy did France seize the British trawler ?Richard Frost wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03 2021 11:51amNot sure of the relevance, I am not aware of any complaints Britain has regarding any licences the French may or may not have issued. As has already been mentionedBut I do know that fishing is a minute portion of the UK economy that affects hardly any of us.
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