UK THREATENS MORE CHECKS ON EU FISHING BOATS IN DEEPENING ROW

Fri 29 October 2021:

Britain on Friday warned it may implement more checks on European Union fishing boats if France carries out its threat to take retaliatory measures in a deepening row over post-Brexit access rights.

Britain would consider “launching dispute settlement proceedings” and “other practical responses, including implementing rigorous enforcement processes and checks on EU fishing activity in UK territorial waters”, a government spokesman said.

The German government on Friday called on Britain and France to work to resolve an increasingly bitter row over fishing rights in the wake of Brexit.

London and Paris are at loggerheads over licensing rules for EU boats wanting to operate in waters around Britain and the Channel Islands.

France has been incensed by the rejection of some of its vessels by Britain and the self-governing islands of Jersey and Guernsey, which depend on London for defence and foreign affairs.

French fishermen say Brexit is being used as an excuse to keep many from securing licences for British waters they say they have plied for years.

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