For his lawyer, the “Cornelis-Gert-Jan” and his captain were only pawns used by France in his conflict with the United Kingdom.
Le Monde and Reuters
The Scottish trawler Cornelis-Gert-Jan, immobilized in France for a week for caught more than two tons of scallops without a valid license, left the harbor of Le Havre shortly after 18 hours, found a journalist from The France Presse Agency (AFP).
The vessel dropped the moorings after a decision of the Court of Appeal of Rouen, who authorized him “to immediately leave the Le Havre without having to pay a deposit,” said the AFP the lawyer of the Captain, M e Mathieu Croix. The Rouen court decided on Wednesday that the fishing vessel from France off the Le Havre could immediately start from the Norman port and that his captain had not to pay a deposit to resume his boat, “said the lawyer. / P>
A deposit of 150,000 euros had been requested beforehand by the French authorities, on the back of tensions between Paris and London on the access of French fishermen to the British waters after Brexit. For M e cross, cornelis-gert-jan and captain, the Irish Jondy Ward, were only pawns used by France in his conflict with the United Kingdom.
This boat, specialized in fishing in the Santiac shell, was arrested in the night of Wednesday on Thursday by the French authorities before being diverted towards the port of Le Havre as part of a hardening controls Carried out by the French authorities in the Channel, while France conflicts with the United Kingdom on post-Brexit fishing licenses. In Seine Bay, two English fishing vessels had been verbalized by the French maritime gendarmerie during controls Wednesday.
The Captain of Cornelis will be judged in August 2022 by the Correctional Court of Le Havre. It will appear for “unauthorized maritime fishing facts in French maritime or salty waters by a third-party vessel in the European Union,” Friday said the Deputy Prosecutor of Le Havre, Cyrille Fournier. The captain encourages a fine of 75,000 euros and administrative penalties, according to the floor.