After some violent clashes on scallops in the English Channel, French fishermen made an offer to their British counterparts. Before a meeting of industry representatives from both countries in London on Wednesday afternoon, the President of the Norman Fisheries Association Dimitri Rogoff said he wanted equal fishing rights for all.
Last week, up to 40 French cutters had pushed British ships in the English Channel. The French are complaining about strict catch conditions for the expensive shells, while the British have no restrictions in international waters outside the twelve-mile zone. In the British media, skirmishes in the English Channel are already talking about a "Scallop War".
"I offer them a peace offer," Rogoff said to the British fishermen: "We share everything and there are no more stories." He emphasized that until last year an agreement with Britain had stipulated that the fishermen of both countries could only fish between 1 October and 15 May.
But then the British would have subverted the agreement with smaller boats, and now the edition was only one-sided for the French. Rogoff complained that the British had last fished "35,000 tons of scallops from the English Channel" to the detriment of the French ", but the French only fished 30,000 tons.
British demand concessions
Mike Park of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association of Scotland said before the crisis meeting at the Department of Agriculture in London that it was "really difficult to be optimistic". The French themselves would have to make concessions, instead of just making demands.
The mood is also heated up by statements from the French Ministry of Agriculture: This had declared that in new skirmishes, the Navy is ready to intervene.
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