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Emmanuel Macron sends French gunboat to Jersey as tensions rise in fishing protest Nicholas Cecil UP NEXT Tensions escalated dramatically on Thursday after a French gunboat headed towards Jersey as Royal Navy ships tracked a flotilla of Normandy fishing boats protesting against post-Brexit licence rules. Around 70 fishing boats were massing off-shore, with some firing flares amid talk over maritime radio early this morning of a blockade of the island’s main port of Saint Heli...

Tensions rising off Jersey as UK and France send patrol boats The Jersey authorities, supported by the UK, insist they are following the Brexit deal rules in their allocation of fishing rights - France disagrees 6 May 2021 One of the naval vessels despatched by the UK to Jersy - HMS SevernBy Liv Rowland Up to 80 French fishing boats have gathered off the Jersey coast protesting against new restrictions to their access to UK waters around the crown dependency – two British naval gunboats have ...