The UK and France are in talks to try and de-escalate a tense situation in the English Channel where French and British boats have clashed over scallops.
France says it's ready to deploy extra police vessels to prevent further clashes.
But the UK says British boats are fishing legally off France's north coast at Normandy.
French fishermen and women claim British boats are depleting scallop stocks in the area.
The European Union says the UK and France need to find an 'amicable solution'.
But former UK cabinet minister David Mellor says the blame is clear.
IN: "The British…
OUT: ….representations."
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http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0830scallops-mellor1.mp3
France says it's ready to deploy extra police vessels to prevent further clashes.
But the UK says British boats are fishing legally off France's north coast at Normandy.
French fishermen and women claim British boats are depleting scallop stocks in the area.
The European Union says the UK and France need to find an 'amicable solution'.
But former UK cabinet minister David Mellor says the blame is clear.
IN: "The British…
OUT: ….representations."
DUR: 32 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0830scallops-mellor1.mp3