More than 100 French fishermen are taking part in a blockade to stop lorries carrying fish from the UK in a protest against a Brexit fishing deal they dismiss as a sham. Since Thursday night, protesters massed at a checkpoint where lorries carrying fish from Britain into the northern French ports of Dunkirk and Calais are subject to hygiene checks, now that the UK has left the EU. French fishermen hold a banner as they block lorries carrying UK-landed fish to protest for the slow issuance of licenses to fish inside British waters. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol The fishermen set fire to pallets and tyres to stay warm at the Boulogne-sur-Mer checkpoint, in France's busiest fishing centre, leading to British lorries boycotting the port and changing their routes.