France seizes British fishing boat in English Channel

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/24/france-seizes-british-fishing-boat-in-english-channel/

by cornishpirate32

26 comments

  2. Must of been awkward watching the migrant boats go by during this

  3. So it was in the French Exclusive Economic Zone and the vessel was unlicensed, which means licenses ARE available for UK boats, but they would not mention this because it would counter their UK as a victim narrative.

  4. The ship was fishing without a licence in French waters – not sure what the story is here 

  5. You can’t even fish without a licence without getting arrested these days.

  7. “Nation stops unlicenced vessel from illegally fishing in its territory.” Fixed.

  8. Total non-story here, don’t fish without a licence.

  9. One was just off the Somme Bay, so very close to the French coast and about 50 miles England.

    The other was 35 miles off Britanny, but still quite a lot closer to France than England.

    Does this have anything to do with the new agreement or is it ragebait? I could well imagine that fishing so close to the French coast was illegal before.

  10. This sub should seriously consider banning The Telegraph. As usual, the headline is misleading (at best).

  11. Fucking bollocks story. They were there illegally lol. This is solely to stoke some sort of anger and furore. Couldn’t milk the Lineker story anymore so have to deal with this shit I suppose.

  12. Interesting how fish in the English Channel belong to France, but people found there belong to England. /s

  13. Amazing what the French can do when they want to ? They can stop a fishing boat yet are unable to stop dozens of dinghys a year.

  14. When you go anywhere in the Uk waters you need a license to fish
    This vessel was in French waters with no license.
    This article seems to be directed and written by Nigel fartage in his basement

  15. This is an act of war, time to send some corsairs and pirates to deal with those grenouilles.

    The golden age of piracy is upon us lads.

  16. So, “Boat acting illegally seized by law enforcement”, then?

  17. Without going hyperbole i would ask why before passing judgement.

  18. Funny how they’re keen to seize them but don’t batter an eye lid to all the illegals crossing the channel.

  19. I hear the French attacked them with baguettes. The lads retaliated with tea bags but they bounced off the defensive mime wall all French vessels bring with them. A tragic day.

  20. These sorts of bollocks news stories (“but we’re just reporting the facts!” Okay – Would you also write the headline ‘The Sky Is Blue’?) are why the populist right is doing so well. Mass disinformation, mass ignorance.

  21. they should have just told the french that they were migrants trying to enter the uk, they would have just let them go then

  22. As a Brit this is not a story. They had no Licence and thus no right to be fishing in that water. French were right to act

  23. Maybe,hopefully it’s Farridges fishing boat… yes he does have one ….

  24. Oh boy, I can’t wait for this to somehow be related to the deal which doesn’t change the rules whatsoever, just extends how long they last.

    Edit: Read it, for fuck’s sake.

  25. Yeah if I see a headline like this I’m assuming the boat was in the wrong. This isn’t some hostile neighbour there’s a lot of tension with. If the French seized it, it was for a valid reason.

  26. This is a weird one from the Telegraph. They’re usually about how the French are lax on security in the channel.

    But here we have a feel good story, praising the French for their effective policing of fishing licenses.

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