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  Islander1

  Not totally correct mercopress- its the Goivt of jersey which is 100% responsible for what goes on and by whom in its Fishing Zone- so discussions are between Jersey and the French Fishermen or their Fisheries Dept- as they have been - how have 2/3rds of the French boats who normally fish there already got signed up?. London of course kept informed and able to offer advice.
  French senior politician DAMN stupid to threaten the power supply- and the “other” French fishing boats to threaten to close the port - UK had no option but to respond.
  To clarify the 20k distance of the French Navy patrol vessels- they actually by Int Law had to keep outside Jersey Territorial Waters!

  May 07th, 2021 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Pugol-H

  You always know with the French, the louder and more threatening they are, the more in the wrong they are and know it.
  
  The issue here is actually quite simple, despite what the Frogs would have you believe, under the terms of the agreement, for a licence to keep fishing in Jersey waters up to 3 miles/UK 6-12 mile zone, the application has to have supporting data from the EU in the form of sat nav logs and catch records. Which they are REQUIRED to submit to the EU for all fishing activities.
  
  For some totally inexplicable reason, the supporting data does not seem to be there.
  
  So either they didn’t fish there at all, or worse they broke all the rules and didn’t log it and now they are found out.
  
  There are dispute resolution mechanisms in the agreement for this sort of thing, however you will notice at no point will it be mentioned by the French in fact it will be avoided at all costs.
  
  In the event of their being any ‘retaliations’, barring all French boats from all UK waters, permanently, will soon bring them back into line.
  
  I someone said, ‘it’s a shame they didn’t show this kind of spirit in 1940’
  
  Islander1
  In this instance the agreement is between the UK and EU and dealt with by them, the Fishermen submit the application to the European Commission who forward to London with the data (or not) who sent it to Jersey for approval, then all the way back.
  
  The Jersey Gov only spoke directly to the French Fishermen yesterday, still no explanation from the Frogs about the missing data and the Jersey Gov restated they would not issue licences without it, as per the terms of the agreement.

  May 07th, 2021 - 03:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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