Cyrille Fournier, who represents the prosecutor's office for the French port of Le Havre where the boat was seized, said in a statement that the captain of the Cornelis Gert Jan boat had been asked to appear in court on 11 August 2022.
On Thursday, Britain denounced France's seizure of the British boat and warned Paris against further retaliation, in the rapidly deteriorating row over the post-Brexit fishing rights. "We obviously reserve the ability to be able to respond in a proportionate way, " Mr Eustice told Sky News.
Are there no scallops in the newly reclaimed British territorial waters? Fishing illegally deserves to be fined. Simple.
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