Tag: fishing rights

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  UK and France have yet to agree on de escalation of the fisheries dispute

  

  The United Kingdom on Sunday disavowed a French announcement that PM Boris Johnson and president Emmanuel Macron had agreed to de-escalate a dispute over fishing rights. Earlier a French official has advanced that the two leaders had agreed to address the issue in a private meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 12:28 UTC

  UK and France clash over fishing licenses: French ambassador summoned in London

  

  The United Kingdom on Thursday summoned the French ambassador in London amid a dispute over fishing rights in the English Channel. The move comes as tensions increase in a heated argument over the issuances of fishing licenses by the UK, Jersey, and France.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  France takes action against British trawlers as tension escalates

  

  French naval authorities have detained one British trawler and issued a verbal warning against another for operating off its coast, the Maritime Ministry announced.

• Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Falklands offers to extend holders of Individual Transferable Quota fishing rights for 25 years

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, announced on Monday measures to provide greater stability to the fishing industry by offering holders of Individual Transferable Quotas an optional extension for a 25-year period of their current rights beyond the expiry date of 2031.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 04:49 UTC

  Colombia/Nicaragua agree to act “with a cool head” following disputed waters ruling

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he has agreed with his Nicaraguan counterpart, Daniel Ortega, “to establish lines of communication” to resolve through diplomatic channels the maritime dispute between the two countries.