France and the UK could be heading to a fishing war after a Government Minster warned that “two can play at that game” over the detention of a Scottish trawler.
George Eustice said the UK could respond in turn if France goes ahead with threats amid a row over post-Brexit fishing rights.
France has said it could stop British boats from landing if the dispute over licences which has led to the trawler owned by Macduff Shellfish of Scotland being seized and another fined during checks off Le Havre on Thursday.
French authorities said the detained vessel, the Cornelis Gert Jan, did not have a licence.This has been denied by its owner and the captain of the scallop dredger will face a court hearing in August next year, French authorities said.F
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