The French Minister for the Sea, Annick Girardin, announced on Thursday 18 November, during the ‘Assises de la pêche’ fisheries conference, that the government is preparing “a fleet exit plan” for French vessels whose licences in British waters will not be renewed.
The EU and the UK are still negotiating the terms of post-Brexit fishing licences in UK waters. Negotiations seem to be at a standstill, and France deplores the insufficient number of licences granted by the UK (see...