The UK government has summoned the French ambassador after a British trawler was detained over a dispute regarding post-Brexit fishing rights. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss asked Catherine Colonna to explain “disappointing and disproportionate threats”.

UK government summons French ambassador over post-Brexit fishing rights dispute

France seized a British trawler fishing in its territorial waters without a licence on Thursday and issued a warning to a second vessel in a dispute over access to fishing grounds after Brexit.

France seizes British trawler in post-Brexit row over fishing rights

Belgium may resort to a 17th century charter granted by a British king to retain fishing rights in Britain’s coastal waters if London and the European Union fail to agree a trade deal by the end of this year.

WION Dispatch: Belgium may use 1666 document to claim fishing rights

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