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23-04-2021, 04:35 PM
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Re: The fishing war begins ??

Originally Posted by Zaphod ->


Apparently the "huge blockade" was over by lunchtime today anyway, "hours before EU regulators approved 100 million euros ($120.52 million) in French aid for the country's fisheries industry." says Reuters.
So you mean they are paying them NOT to catch fish ??
Wait till the money runs out ??
What's a 100,000,000 Euro's now days, especially shared amongst
a load of vino swilling Frogs ??

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23-04-2021, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
I've been reading about this as it's being quite widely reported in today's newspapers (but not on TV or BBC radio of course). The Frog fishermen are up in arms because they haven't been issued with the licenses they applied for back in January.

DEFRA HAS issued licenses but only to those trawler owners that have digital proof their boats have fished in our waters over the past 5 years (these are part of the new requirements needed to apply for a license apparently). The 80 or so Frog boat owners that are causing grief have not been able to supply this digital proof to DEFRA so no licenses can be issued to them. Fairy Nuff, says I, we're applying the new rules just like the EU is applying the new rules.
Oh, PV, I'm not sure I like you calling them Frogs all the time.
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23-04-2021, 04:58 PM
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I'd cry for them if I wasn't rolling on the floor killing myself laughing over this
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23-04-2021, 06:13 PM
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Re: The fishing war begins ??

Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
So you mean they are paying them NOT to catch fish ??
Wait till the money runs out ??
What's a 100,000,000 Euro's now days, especially shared amongst
a load of vino swilling Frogs ??

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Yup.
Exactly that.


Wait until the Irish fisherman realize they've lost out again.
They're already fuming with their government, France and the EU.
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24-04-2021, 04:33 PM
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Re: The fishing war begins ??

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Oh, PV, I'm not sure I like you calling them Frogs all the time.
Well, tough, I can't exactly call them Toadies, can I? How about cheese eating, wine drinking surrender monkeys instead?
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04-05-2021, 11:48 PM
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I wonder what Jersey will be calling the French with their latest threatened 'persuasive' methods?

"The French government has warned it could cut electricity to Jersey amid an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

Maritime Minister Annick Girardin told the French parliament that new rules governing access to Channel Islands waters were unacceptable.

She said France was "ready to use... retaliatory measures" under the UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56984886
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05-05-2021, 12:21 AM
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Re: The fishing war begins ??

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I wonder what Jersey will be calling the French with their latest threatened 'persuasive' methods?

"The French government has warned it could cut electricity to Jersey amid an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

Maritime Minister Annick Girardin told the French parliament that new rules governing access to Channel Islands waters were unacceptable.

She said France was "ready to use... retaliatory measures" under the UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56984886
Last I heard, Jersey was inviting the Frogs to fish freely around their waters.
What has changed?
Or is it just what the Frogs do best - until someone stands up to them?
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05-05-2021, 09:09 AM
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Thread locked, please see my post here..

https://www.over50sforum.com/showthread.php?t=74799
 
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