UK fishing row with France intensifies

Two Royal Navy ships and two French vessels are patrolling the waters off the British Channel Island of Jersey, as a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights escalates


French fishermen complain about being prevented from operating in British waters because of difficulties obtaining new licences

Under EU-UK trade deal, struck last year, French boat operators must show history of fishing in area to receive licence for Jersey’s waters


EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES (EEZ)

Faroe Islands
IE UK FR UK NO UK DK NL DE BE
FRANCE


Royal Navy river-class patrol boats, HMS Severn and HMS Tamar (left), deployed


CHANNEL ISLANDS
Comprises two British Crown Dependencies – Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey

France threatens to cut off Jersey’s electricity supply, 90% of which is delivered by three underwater cables from France

20km 12 miles
UNITED KINGDOM
Plymouth
Exeter
English Channel (La Manche)
Alderney
Sark
Guernsey
Portsmouth
EEZ boundary
La Hague
Jersey
Jersey territorial waters
Brest
FRANCE
Saint-Malo


Sources: Joint Nature Conservation Committee, BBC 
Picture: Getty Images
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