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Cornelis Gert Jan leaves Le Havre as French arguments are holed below waterline by figures showing UK has granted 96pc of licences

The Macduff Shellfish trawler has finally been allowed to leave France after being detained amidst allegations it was fishing illegally.

A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a spat between the U.K. and France over fishing licences has been released by French authorities, its owner said Wednesday.

THE TRAPPED scallop trawler held in France was finally freed last night.After being forced to stay in Le Havre for a week, a court ordered the immedia

A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the U.K. and France over fishing licenses has been released by French authorities

The Macduff Shellfish trawler has finally been allowed to leave France after being detained amidst allegations it was fishing illegally.

London and Paris have traded threats and allegations for weeks over French demands for licenses to fish in U.K. waters.

A British scallop dredger seized by France is still being held at the port of Le Havre, the owner of the ship said on Tuesday…

By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -A British scallop dredger seized by France is being held at the port of Le Havre, the owner of the ship said on Tuesday, though French President Emmanuel Macron stepped back from slapping immediate sanctions on Britain in a post-Brexit fishing row. Bickering over fish between London and Paris culminated last Wednesday in the French seizure of the British dredger, the Cornelis Gert Jan, in French waters near Le Havre. As far as we are aw...

Macron has warned France will go forward with trade war threats if Britain doesn't agree to demands on post-Brexit fishing within 24 hours.