Pictured: European trawler dumps 100,000 fish in the Atlantic
The French arm of the campaign group Sea Shepherd first published images of the spill, showing the ocean’s surface covered by a dense, layer of blue whiting…
Brown crabs are in a pinch as Norway king crabs take over British waters – and soon our dinner tables
The humble brown crab has graced British dinner tables for centuries. But the native delicacy could be about to be muscled out by a new arrival on…
Emmanuel Macron calls on the EU to be ‘tough’ on the UK
The UK’s negotiator Liz Truss, who will meet Mr Sefcovic in Brussels next week, told him last week that the UK and EU should rebuild their relationship…
Jeremy Wade: ‘I self-published a book and lost my life savings’
Jeremy Wade is a television presenter and author, whose worldwide hit TV series River Monsters ran for nine seasons. Other shows include Mysteries of the Deep and…
French fishermen plan to ruin Christmas for millions of Britons with blockade
French trawlermen are drawing up plans to ruin Christmas for millions of Britons by blockading Calais and other key ports in response to the resolution of the…
Emmanuel Macron wants a fishing licence to commit environmental vandalism
Industrial trawling of inshore coastal waters – the richest marine habitats – does not even have an economic rationale beyond quick profit for those who pillage first….
Brexit fishing talks breakthrough as UK grants licences to French vessels
French fishermen were handed a further 23 licences to operate in British and Jersey waters in an attempt to ease tensions in the post-Brexit fish wars. Negotiators…
Hope for end to Brexit fishing wars as UK expected to offer France olive branch
Some skippers who have fished UK waters over that period have been denied licences because they now own new boats. These historical frights could be transferred to…
Hope for end to Brexit fishing wars as UK expected to offer olive branch to France
Some skippers who have fished UK waters over that period have been denied licences because they now own new boats. These historical frights could be transferred to…
French fishermen blockade Channel Tunnel and Calais port over licence row
The fishermen’s union said the main aim was to disrupt ferry services and freight transporters in French waters, and not British fishermen. Olivier Leprêtre, head of the…
French fishermen planning to blockade cross-Channel trade in Brexit dispute
French trawlermen are drawing up plans to blockade cross-Channel trade in an escalation in the dispute over post-Brexit fishing licences. In an effort to secure more permits…