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The French government has threatened sanctions unless more licences to operate in UK waters are granted to its fishing boats.

Lawyer for ship’s captain says a court in nearby city of Rouen had allowed it to leave without posting any financial guarantee.

Brexit minister due in Paris for talks over UK-France fishing dispute

A UK trawler impounded by French authorities over a fishing licenses dispute with Britain was released on Wednesday by a French court overturning an earlier demand that it pays a €150,000 bond.

Britain's Brexit minister is due in Paris Thursday for talks on the fishing rights crisis that has further strained already tense relations between the two countries.

The meeting comes a day after a French court released a British trawler impounded for a week.

The Scottish-registered scallop dredger Cornelis Gert Jan left Le Havre yesterday evening after being held there since last week, when France accused it of fishing in its waters without a licence.

Britain’s Brexit minister was yesterday due in Paris for talks on a fishing rights crisis that has further strained already tense relations. The meeting comes a day after a French court released a British trawler impounded for a week as part of the deepening dispute. British Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe David Frost is to sit down with French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune to continue negotiations after several days of tense exchanges. Frost is a staunch defende...

French authorities won’t release the Cornelis Gert Jan from the port of Le Havre unless its owners post a €150,000 bail

Jondy Ward and his crew on the Cornelis Gert Jan were arrested by French maritime police off the Normandy coast last week.