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Last modified on Fri 7 May 2021 00.26 EDT Dawn was still four hours away and the small Normandy port of Carteret was alive, some boats hurriedly unloading their catch for a rapid turnaround, others turning on their lights and firing up their engines for the first time that night. Minutes after 3am on Thursday they had left the quayside and, in pitch darkness and a gentle swell, were pushing smartly out to sea to join a growing armada of 60-odd boats from Cherbourg right the way round to St-Malo...

The blockade of But while the French fishermen might not have succeeded in their aims currently, the stand-off could play well for politicians on either side of the Channel.  For Emmanuel Macron, it is an opportunity to fight back against the growing popularity of Le Pen, while for Boris Johnson it was "his Falklands" - at least, according to one commentator (see below).  It has certainly taken some of the attention off the elections, with millions of people expected to turn out acro...

‘Jersey government kill us’: On board with the French fishermen staging a post-Brexit blockade  Inside the cabin, our French correspondent laughs uneasily as the crew joke about making him walk the plank 6 May 2021 • 6:12pm But as they laid siege to the Channel Island’s main port of St Hélier, refusing to let any vessels out a day after threatening to cut off its electricity, the famously hot-headed French fishermen insisted the real extremists were on the other side. They accused Jer...

‘M*rde’: Flares, fishing rights and flags jostle off coast of Jersey Julien Morel © Provided by The Independent It was a grey, miserable morning when around 70 French fishing boats arrived off the coast of St Helier. Initially, they mustered in St Aubin’s Bay, south of Elizabeth Castle. A few boats lit flares and unfurled banners while HMS Tamar slowly sailed in the murky distance, keeping a watchful eye but never getting involved. There was an assortment of shapes, siz...

French fishers’ protest over Jersey rights is over but the dispute will go on Jon Henley, Lisa OCarroll and Steven Morris in St Helier © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Getty Images Dawn was still four hours away and the small Normandy port of Carteret was alive, some boats hurriedly unloading their catch for a rapid turnaround, others turning on their lights and firing up their engines for the first time that night. Minutes after 3am on Thursday they ...

EU accuses UK as France seeks to ‘rapidly defuse’ Jersey fishing row Lisa OCarroll, Jon Henley and Daniel Boffey The European Union accused the UK of breaching the terms of the post-Brexit trade deal on Thursday as tensions over fishing rights in the Channel islands were de-escalated after a dramatic 24 hours, with Royal Navy boats ordered to retreat from Jersey shores. Brussels’ claim that London had flouted the rules came on a day in which 60 vessels blockaded Jersey’s...