The French prosecutor says the captain of the Cornelis Gert Jan faces a possible €75,000 fine for "non-authorized fishing in French waters" by a non-EU boat. The scallop dredger was seized Thursday off Le Havre.
The captain of a British fishing boat detained by French authorities amid a deepening post-Brexit row over access to territorial waters will be tried in August
French prosecutors on Friday ordered a trial for the captain of a British trawler detained for operating without a licence, escalating a fishing rights row that could spark a trade war as soon as nex…