Gunboats dispatched to Jersey in UK/French fishing rights conflict
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 ...
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