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Jersey Coastguard urged anyone who finds debris on beaches to note where they find it and to report it.

Gunboats dispatched to Jersey in UK/French fishing rights conflict A degrading jingoistic spectacle played out this week between the UK and France over fishing rights in the waters around Jersey. Up to 60 French fishing vessels blockaded the island’s St Hellier’s port for several hours Thursday, overseen by two Royal Navy gunboats and two French military vessels. Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands and home to just over 100,000 people. Located 14 miles from the French Normandy coast and 85 miles south of the UK, it was brought under the English/British crown with the conquest of ...

Flotilla of French fishing ships sails to Jersey in escalating row over fishing grounds Issued on: 06/05/2021 - 12:13 French fishing boats protest in front of the port of Saint Helier off the British island of Jersey to draw attention to what they see as unfair restrictions on their ability to fish in UK waters after Brexit, on May 6, 2021. © Sameer Al-Doumy, AFP 4 min French trawler crews angry at post-Brexit restrictions on their access to British fishing grounds sailed in a flotilla to the British Channel island of Jersey on...

Two Royal Navy vessels are now patrolling waters around Jersey amid concerns of a possible blockade of the island, as the row between France and Jersey continues to escalate over post-Brexit fishing rights. HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed by the UK Government to “monitor the situation” at the Channel Island amid a protest by French fishing vessels at the port of St Helier over the lack of access. It follows a warning from French maritime minister Annick Girardin on Tuesday that the country is ready to take “retaliatory measures”, accusing Jersey of dragging its fee...

The Athos boat travelled along the River Seine from Rouen to Le Havre then around Cherbourg towards Jersey - after two UK Navy vessels began patrolling waters around the island.