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Emmanuel Macron sends French gunboat to Jersey as tensions rise in fishing protest Nicholas Cecil UP NEXT Tensions escalated dramatically on Thursday after a French gunboat headed towards Jersey as Royal Navy ships tracked a flotilla of Normandy fishing boats protesting against post-Brexit licence rules. Around 70 fishing boats were massing off-shore, with some firing flares amid talk over maritime radio early this morning of a blockade of the island’s main port of Saint Helier. Two Royal Navy ships, HMS Tamar, which is equipped with machineguns and a helicopter landing pad...

It follows a warning from a French minister of ‘retaliatory measures’.

HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed by the UK Government to ‘monitor the situation’.

Updated / Thursday, 6 May 2021 11:26 French fishing boats protest in front of the port of Saint Helier off the island of Jersey Two British navy vessels are patrolling waters around Jersey amid concerns of a possible blockade of the island due to an ongoing row with France over post-Brexit fishing rights. HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed to "monitor the situation" at the Channel Island, as reports suggest as many as 100 French fishing vessels could protest at the port of St Helier over the lack of access. French maritime minister Annick Girardin warned on Tuesday that the country ...

Britain sends patrol ships to English Channel island amid fishery tensions with France By (0) Two British Royal Navy ships have been sent to the island of Jersey ahead of a planned blockade by French fishing vessels protesting new fishing licenses from the island. Image courtesy of Google Maps/Website May 6 (UPI) -- The British government said it dispatched two Royal Navy patrol ships to Jersey as tensions over fisheries between the self-governing island and France climb. In a statement Wednesday, a spokesperson said the ships were being sent to the island, which is a British Crown Dependen...