Nine crew on a French-registered fishing vessel were rescued off the Irish southwest coast after it ran aground. The 33m Spanish-owned Grand Saint Bernard was heading back out on 2 June after landing in Castletownbere when it ran up on…
Concerns about inadequate MMO monitoring of foreign vessels A Channel rod and line bass fisherman who claims that French trawlers are catching large quantities of bass inside the UK 12-mile limit, which would put them in breach of landings limits,…
Following the reports of the Irish, Danish and Dutch decommissioning schemes, further details have emerged of the French scheme, which has already seen a number of fishing vessels dismantled ashore. The announcement that the 45m trawler Jean Claude Coulon II,…
The first face to face meeting between Jersey and French fishermen since the tensions over Brexit and restrictions on the number of French boats fishing in Jersey waters revealed significant areas of common interest between the two sides, report Tim…
More licences issued – but France wants 100 extra French fishermen were threatening further blockades of Channel ports in the run-up to Christmas if more licence applications to fish in UK and Jersey waters are not granted, reports Tim Oliver.…
French fishermen briefly disrupted trade at Calais, St Malo, Ouistraham and the Channel Tunnel rail link last weekend in their efforts to gain licences to fish in Jersey and UK waters. As they had warned, they have begun a campaign…
Focus ‘must shift to fisheries management’ The EU Commission is reported to have set a deadline of this Friday (10 December) for any outstanding disputed French licences to be resolved, reports Tim Oliver. Jersey industry representatives who met Jersey ministers…
An inquest into the deaths of crewmen on the French trawler Bugaled Breizh, which sank suddenly off the Lizard in January 2004, has ruled out any submarine involvement. Lawyers for the crew’s families have always maintained that the trawler’s gear…
Jersey warns of dangers of giving in France withdrew its threats to retaliate against the UK in the licensing dispute last week, as the sides continued to negotiate over whether more French licences can be granted, reports Tim Oliver. More…
An inquest into the sinking of the French trawler Bugaled Breizh off the Lizard in Cornwall in January 2004 has heard that the vessel probably sank when she became fast in mud. All five of her crew were lost when…
