
France summons captain of seized British fishing boat to court as UK warns 'two can play that game'
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The captain of a British fishing trawler detained in France was ordered to appear before a French court over allegations of illegal fishing, as the war of words between the two countries over post-Brexit fishing rights escalated on Friday.
French authorities seized the vessel, fined another British boat and announced the closure of nearly all of France's ports to trawlers from the UK on Thursday, a major escalation in the long-running spat between the allies.
France's European affairs minister, Clement Beaune, said in an interview on French TV station CNEWS that aside from a few exceptions, all French ports will no longer be accessible to British boats, referring to vessels that offload fish and produce.
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