JUST IN: French authorities stopped and fined two British vessels fishing in French waters, diverting one to a French port, the French Minister for the Sea Annick Girardin tweeted.
One of the boats was not listed on the European Union's approved list of UK fishing vessels, and the regional government director"immediately issued" an order to divert the vessel to the French port of Le Havre, the statement said.The other boat was fined for not complying with orders to allow French authorities to board the vessel to conduct checks, the statement tweeted by Girardin said.
Legal proceedings could see the first vessel's catch and the boat itself confiscated against the payment of bail, the statement said, adding that,"the captain of the fishing vessel risks criminal sanctions."Read MoreThe minister tweeted that the French patrol that stopped the vessels"fits within the framework of the hardening of controls in the Channel" in the context of fishing license discussions with the UK.
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