Jersey fisherman says regular folks are caught in the crossfire of post-Brexit fishing row
As France and the U.K. squabble about fishing rights, those doing the actual fishing are caught in the middle.
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Posted: May 07, 2021 5:26 PM ET | Last Updated: May 7
Josh Dearing is a fisherman on Jersey, a self-governing British protectorate island off the coast of France that s at the centre of a heated post-Brexit fishing dispute. (Matt Sharp)
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Later this summer, Covid-19 permitting, I hope to go to my home in the British Channel Island of Jersey for the first time in a couple of years. I will visit, as usual, the island’s north-east corner, from where I can see the coast of Normandy, in France, less than 20 kilometres away.
Between Jersey and Normandy, but closer to Jersey, is a little archipelago, Les Ecrehous, long claimed by France, but over which Jersey’s sovereignty was declared by the International Court of Justice in 1953. French boats still land there, ignoring immigration rules, despite protests from Jersey. These are peaceful waters, but full of history.
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THIS is the dramatic moment a 35ft French trawler deliberately rams into a British boat as the fishing war turns nasty in Jersey.
Jonathan Ruff s boat was bashed in the stern by the French vessel Lasgot as he bravely went out to sea to face the group of 100 invaders .
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People on board the vessels were seen setting off flares as tensions continued to rise this morning - with the Royal Navy lurking in the backgroundCredit: SWNS
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Jonathan Ruff s boat was rammed by the French vessel Lasgot as he bravely went out to sea to face off the group of around 100 fishermen
Updated: 6 May 2021, 11:17
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FRENCH fishermen have vowed a new Battle of Trafalgar as a man in a soldier s uniform was seen firing a musket towards the blockade around Jersey.
The row over fishing rights between Britain and France has ramped up as two Royal Navy gunboats were deployed and a French navy vessel speeds towards the Channel Islands.
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The musket fired in a puff of smoke in a bizarre stunt amid the row
Claude La Vaullée, a Norman skipper who has fished off Jersey for 40 years, told Ouest France that he and other fishermen had equipped their vessels to re-stage the Battle of Trafalgar .