France detains British trawler as row over fishing rights continues

France says half of its fishermen haven’t been issued licenses to fish in British waters as promised (Picture: Getty Images/iStockPhoto)

French authorities have detained a British trawler and have given a verbal warning to others fishing in their waters.

In a tweet the the French Maritime Ministry said: ‘This Wednesday, two English ships were fined during classic checks off Le Havre.

‘The first did not comply spontaneously: verbalisation. The second did not have a licence to fish in our waters: diverted to the quay and handed over to the judicial authority.’

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