Scallop Wars with the French why no comment by our useless PM

The area is not within the restricted boundaries. The French Government rules do not apply to the British.

It must be very annoying to the French fishermen but they need to protest to their own Government who imposed these rules on them.

I will not comment on the method of fishing as that is another matter I think.

English boats do not have to respect these rules
La réglementation française impose aux pêcheurs français de ne pas exploiter la coquille entre le 15 mai et le 1er octobre. Les Anglais n’ont pas à respecter cette réglementation

They sell most of those scallops back to the French as the Brits don’t know how to cook them.

Speak for yourself!

sacre bleu! I have never eaten one in my life.

crystaltipps I am not sure where you dine out or what your cooking skills are, but I can assure you that Brits can cook scallops extremely well. Myself, Husband all my children and their partners can and do cook scallops, never had an over cooked one yet!!!

for heavens sake if it wasn't for the EU there wouldn't BE any fish!Fishing boats from this isle overfished so much that stocks were badly depleted until the EU stepped in and saved them So dont blame the French or the Spanish or anyone else for low stocks it was all down to us .I got THAT information from a friend who runs a boat out of Scotland and he's fizzing that Westminster will use the fishing fleet as a bargaining tool

are they huge-er than the French boats? They didn't look it in the pics. The facts are that British boats are entitled to fish there, so they did.
the French have said the same.
French fishermen and farmers have always been a bolshie violent lot, anyone remember the burning lambs?
French police always sit back and watch and do nothing.

They sell most of those scallops back to the French as the Brits don’t know how to cook them. The English boats are huge industrial boats doing loads of damage to marine life. I don’t blame the French for getting irate.

Or sold to French restaurants?

I wonder how many of the scallops trawled by British boats (causing enormous damage to the sea bed) will end up on restaurant menus as "Hand dived English Scallops"? Cynical? Moi?

I hate those pesky Froggies. Send Boris.

Disputes over UK/French fishing 'rights' have been going on for a long time:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scallop-wars-britain-france-fishing-rights-english-channel-history-a8512871.html

The French restrict their scallop fishing season in order to conserve stocks. It seems that the UK boats not only don't observe this (despite, apparently, a 'gentlemans' agreement' being in place) but they aren't always particularly scrupulous about what they take. According to this story a UK based fishing company (Canadian owned, ironically) has been fined twice in the last 6 years for taking undersized scallops. If I were a French scallop fisherman I think I'd be as annoyed as hell about this.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scallop-wars-honeybourne-iii-france-channel-fishing-shellfish-latest-a8512581.html

Sorry, I don't subscribe to the 'my country right or wrong' philosophy.

Though if it weren’t so dangerous, the fact that the French “threw insults” as well is a bit reminiscent of Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail.

A spokesman for the U.K. fishing industry has said that British vessels get 6% of the scallops in the area, so who’s doing the over-fishing? And whatever the issues, nobody should condone ships surrounding and barging into others, and fisherman throwing rocks and metal objects at fellow fishermen.

Has she said anything yet POGS?
The French news is saying that the gendarmes intervened to calm things down and they are increasing patrols.

She should call out the Royal Navy and blow the buggers out of the water.
Another Hundred Years War?

Mamie I can see both sides as I said but is it a case of Theresa May kowtowing to the French?

Could we not just send a gunboat?
Or if we don’t have any, a roll on roll off car ferry perhaps?

I think the point is merlot that nobody should be dredging for scallops as it causes such damage to the sea bed. I certainly wouldn't buy them and I love a coquille St Jacques.

It doesn't sound fair to me either but the law needs reviewing. The British fishermen are doing nothing illegal.

So if the British had a rule that you couldn't take scallops between May and October off the British coast and the French came in and took them that would be absolutely OK with everybody would it?
Doesn't sound like cricket to me,

What POGS said!!

The rules are French rules for French Fishermen as I understand it. Our rules are different.

And, I am a Remainer, Nicenanny3!!

This seems to be the issue.
« La réglementation française impose aux pêcheurs français de ne pas exploiter la coquille entre le 15 mai et le 1er octobre. Les Anglais n’ont pas à respecter cette réglementation »
Doesn't sound like the British were respecting the rules.

This has been going on for years. Get a sense of proportion.

I seem to remember that in previous years it was six of one and half dozen of the other.

Can't blame the EU so lets blame the French government for wanting to protect fish numbers and prevent over fishing. I don't think scallops are a basic part of the British diet, so no doubt they are sold by the Brits back to the EU or posh restaurants. Not worth getting your jingoist hats on.