First Brexit war at sea already erupted | Abroad

The French fisherman Alexandre Fournier from Boulogne-sur-Mer, like all his colleagues, intends to play it hard if the British deny them the right to fish in British waters.

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PARIS – The first post-Brexit riot is a fact. The British Channel Islands Guernsey, Alderney and Sark have banned French fishermen from accessing their waters. Breton and Norman fishermen are furious and in turn block the ports for their British competitors, who just want to sell their caught fish at the French fish auctions.

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