Post-Brexit fishing: Paris welcomes the 43 licenses granted by Guernsey, still “111 to be obtained”
This Wednesday, December 1, the French Minister of the Sea Annick Girardin announced the granting of 43 definitive fishing licenses by the Anglo-Norman island of Guernsey. The “continuous fight” for the elected, ensuring that “111 licenses” remain to be obtained.
The granting of 43 definitive licenses by the Anglo-Norman island of Guernsey is “excellent news,” French Minister of the Sea Annick Girardin said on Wednesday 1 December. “The fight” continues, she assured, for “111 licenses” post-Brexit still to be obtained for the French fishermen.
“We, the European Commission and France, have made good progress in a few weeks with Guernsey. The efforts are paying off and the work continues to give maximum visibility to professionals. The fight is not over: 111 licenses remain to be obtained”, mainly from Jersey and London, said Annick Girardin.
Initially, the post-Brexit deal brokered by the European Union and the United Kingdom provided that European fishermen could continue to visit certain British waters provided they obtained a license, granted if they can testify that they are there. previously fished. This is where the negotiations stumbled. Because London and the semi-autonomous Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey had not granted all the licenses requested for French ships.