Flares are fired from the deck of fishing boats as a flotilla of boats head out of Whitstable harbour as fishermen take part in a nationwide protest against the Brexit transition dealEU countries would lose access to British fishing waters if negotiators fail to strike a trade agreement.
Boris Johnson's government plans to deploy four ships to patrol UK waters and arrest European fishermen who illegally them in a no-deal scenario.European fishermen are threatening to blockade the port of Calais and stop ferries exporting UK goods to the European Union if they are excluded from British waters in the New Year.
"If we are deprived of our fishing grounds, we will not watch the British supply the French market," he told French radio station France Info in comments reported by"There will therefore be blockages to ferries, since this mainly happens by ferries. And on that, we are quite clear and determined." The Royal Navy is set to deploy four, 80-metre-long ships to patrol British territory that reaches 200 nautical miles from the shore if there's no Brexit trade deal, while navy police are set to have the power to board European boats and arrest their crews.
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