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For as long as humans have been fishing to feed themselves, they have also been fighting over access to the best catch. While we don’t have any records of

Au revoir! Two Royal Navy ships send French fishermen scurrying back home from Jersey after one of them RAMS a British boat in fishing row - as gunboats prepare to return to port in the UK but remain 'on standby' Fishermen said they were ready to restage the Battle of Trafalgar as they descended on harbour this morning David Sellam, head of the Normandy sea authority, said: 'We're ready for war. We can bring Jersey to its knees'  But by 1.30pm navigation charts showed the armada had given in and was sailing back towards home waters Observer said French boats blockading the harbour had return...

April 9, 2021 By Rick ROZOFF The DefenderEurope 2021 exercises include estimates of as many as 37,000 troops from at least 27 NATO member and partner states and appear to be based entirely in Eastern Europe, from the Baltic Sea to the Balkans and the Black Sea. Comprehensive figures are not verifiable, but there is every reason to believe this is the largest U.S.-NATO military exercise since the Cod War; and moreover one occurring as Russia and Ukraine, steadfastly backed by the U.S. and NATO, are at loggerheads over renewed fighting in the Donbass region of what was formerly Eastern Ukraine....

‘Let’s Get Real’ If Holyrood Wants to Take a Hard Line on Fishing Ban Supertrawlers ‘While sparks fly between Ireland and Scotland over Rockall the operators of the Super Trawlers are rubbing their hands with glee as their floating factories sweep the seas’ Fishermen from Co Donegal are showing remarkable restraint. After the Greencastle based MFV ‘Northern Celt’ was stopped and boarded last week by the SFPV ‘Jura. Donegal, fishermen are now avoiding the 12 mile zone around Rockall and pinning their hopes on a diplomatic resolution (see link): The Scottish (SNP) government for...

As Chinese fishing fleets encroach into Japanese waters, anger over plates of sushi is growing at Tokyo’s raw deal for its fishermen, writes Neil Newman.