Two English fishing vessels were fined by the French maritime gendarmerie during checks on Wednesday in the Bay of Seine, and one was diverted to the port of Le Havre, announced the Ministry of the Sea on Twitter.
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These controls, customary "
during the scallop fishing season
", are also "
part of the tightening of controls in the Channel, in the context of discussions on licenses with the United Kingdom and the Commission. European
”, specifies the ministry in a press release published on the social network.
One of the baffled ships
France, in conflict with the United Kingdom over post-Brexit fishing licenses, announced on Wednesday the entry into force next Tuesday of the first retaliatory measures against the Channel Islands and London if the number of licenses granted to fishermen French remains insufficient.
One of the two English vessels checked Wednesday, in action of fishing, "
did not appear on the lists of licenses granted to the United Kingdom
" by the European Commission and France, and was diverted to the port of Le Havre by a patroller of the maritime gendarmerie.
Such a procedure "
can lead to the confiscation of the fishery product
" and the immobilization of the boat against the payment of a deposit, the ministry said.
The captain of the fishing vessel risks criminal penalties.
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The other boat, which had not complied at first with the request to board by the maritime gendarmes, was fined for "
obstructing control
".
This did not reveal any other violation of fishing regulations, the ministry said.
