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  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Faroe Islands heads into turbulent waters with first sanctions against Russia

    Self-governing Danish territory reluctant to upset maritime deals and trade with Moscow 

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    UK and France reach truce over fishing licence dispute

    Bitter spat over access to fisheries post-Brexit abates as EU commissioner praises ‘successful’ relationship

  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    UK and EU strike deal on access to fish stocks in 2022

    Total catch for British fleets reduced following scientific advice as dispute over licences for French boats rumbles on

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    Brexit
    French fishermen to blockade ports in protest over UK fishing licences

    Freight traffic to be disrupted at Channel Tunnel and other locations along French coast

  • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
    Brexit
    UK talks with France fail to solve post-Brexit fishing dispute

    Ministers to hold further meetings next week after failing to even agree on how many licences for French boats are in dispute

  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    EU holds last-ditch talks to resolve UK-France fishing dispute

    Macron delays threatened sanctions to give negotiations ‘a chance’

  • Sunday, 31 October, 2021
    UK-France stand-off over post-Brexit fishing rights deepens

    Both governments lay onus on the other to find solution after Johnson and Macron discuss issue in Rome

  • Friday, 29 October, 2021
    InterviewBrexit
    UK credibility on the line over Brexit disputes, French president warns

    Boris Johnson ‘puzzled’ by threats from Paris to hamper cross-channel trade over fishing rights

  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    EU fishing
    UK summons French ambassador as fishing dispute escalates

    British trawler detained in Le Havre as Paris promises to retaliate over permits

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    Brexit
    France sets deadline for UK in dispute over fishing rights

    Paris threatens to impose stricter customs checks on British goods from next week if situation remains unresolved

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    UK risks French ire with limits on fishing in coastal waters

    Decision to allow only a handful of small boats’ applications further strains relations between Paris and London

  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
    EU fishing
    France urges EU to increase pressure on UK over fishing rights

    Paris says fishermen based in Normandy face unreasonable curbs on working in English Channel

  • Saturday, 4 September, 2021
    News in-depthEnvironment
    Coastal rewilding: restoring Scotland’s seagrass meadows

    A project to bring life back to local coastal waters could also tackle climate change

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    British fishing industry warns of ‘toxic’ post-Brexit EU-UK relations

    Boris Johnson accused of breaking promises on quotas and control of domestic waters

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    Brexit
    UK and EU agree deal on fishing rights

    Agreement follows disputes over how to maximise access while also meeting environmental objectives

  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    Brexit
    Brussels says UK breached trade deal in Jersey fish dispute

    EU weighs in as Royal Navy ships plus French patrol vessels and fishing boats converge on island waters

  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    Helen Thomas
    In the Brexit battle of fish and finance, everybody lost

    As gunboats gather off Jersey, the supposedly crucial status of trawlers during negotiations has not done them much good

  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    UK navy vessels arrive off Jersey as fishing row with France intensifies

    French fishing boats converge on island to protest against post-Brexit restrictions on their activity

  • Sunday, 2 May, 2021
    UK accused of reneging on sustainable fishing pledge

    Britain wants to increase amount of haddock and other species taken off west of Scotland despite catch limits

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    UK fishing industry furious over failure to strike Norway deal

    Agriculture department faces backlash after collapse of talks to secure access to waters that are a key source of cod

  • Friday, 12 March, 2021
    Brexit
    UK and EU clash over post-Brexit fishing rights

    Row erupts over British conservation plan for part of the North Sea

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Brexit
    EU sinks UK hopes of overturning shellfish ban

    Industry warns Brussels that block on exports could be fatal for British suppliers

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Europe Express
    EU fishing fleet bemoans Brexit cuts as bloc prepares for talks Premium content

    Frustration on all sides as EU and UK get ready to apply the trade deal

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    News in-depthBrexit
    Fishermen feel waves of betrayal over Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal

    Unmet expectations of new age of plenty and higher costs when selling to EU prompt anger at UK ports

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    UK ports demand help for British fish exporters

    Operators call on London and Paris to sort out Brexit-related bureaucracy

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