This Tuesday evening, fishermen blocked access to a basin in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France's leading fishing port, to protest against the
"overexploitation"
of the Channel's resources by Dutch boats, we have learned from the harbor master's office and fishermen.
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"Eight boats have been blocking the airlock of the Loubet basin lock for about 6 p.m., where all fishing boats unload, preventing any entry and exit,"
AFP told the captaincy.
"We warned the boats wishing to land their fishing of this action, suddenly they left to land it in Dieppe or in the Netherlands"
, we added.
For Olivier Leprêtre, president of the regional fisheries committee, this action, scheduled to last until around 1:00 a.m., is to denounce the
“plunder”
of resources by giant Dutch boats,
“purse seiners or trawlers going up to 42 meters ”
.
"The entire front of the Channel is united"
A situation "denounced for 10 years" but that Brexit risks worsening.
"The Channel is a very narrow sea and in the event of a 'no deal', all trades will fall back into the French EEZ (exclusive economic zone) and it will be impossible for small and medium-sized fleets to work together"
, worries- he does.
According to Olivier Leprêtre,
"the entire front of the Channel is united"
with this movement and boats have lit their flashing lights and spotlights there as a sign of support for the fishermen of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
