The Scottish trawler Cornelis Gert Jan, immobilized in France for a week for having fished more than two tonnes of scallops without a license, left the port of Le Havre shortly after 6 p.m., an AFP journalist noted.
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The ship cast off after a decision by the Rouen Court of Appeal, which authorized it "
to leave Le Havre immediately without having to pay a deposit,
" the lawyer for Captain Me Mathieu told AFP. Cross.
The State had requested the immobilization of the trawler pending the payment of a deposit of 150,000 euros.