French fishermen throw ROCKS at British boats during ‘Scallop Wars’ battle on the English Channel after 40 boats surrounded five UK vessels accused of ‘pillaging’ shellfish
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- About 40 French boats set out to confront English fishing vessels off Normandy
- Stones thrown and boats rammed as rivals clashed over the scallop-rich waters
- The French accused their English counterparts of 'pillaging' supplies in the area
- French leave stocks to regenerate until October - but English do not face same restrictions
French fishermen were seen throwing large rocks at their British counterparts during a clash on the the English Channel over a hoard of scallops.
Video footage of the latest flare-up in a years-long war over the prized shellfish appears to show one fishing vessel try to ram another, with a smaller boat getting stuck in between them, as rocks are thrown by the French.
The British were heavily outnumbered at five boats to around 40 French vessels and officials from France were called out to keep the peace in the scallop-rich waters off Normandy.
Stones were thrown and boats were rammed leaving a number of vessels with holes in their hulls as the furious rivals clashed off Seine Bay, according to local reports.
French fishing officials later accused the British of 'pillaging' scallop supplies.
According to French media, fishing vessels had set off from Trouville-sur-Mer, Port-en-Bessin and Ouistreham to confront the English. It is not clear which ports the small British fleet were from.
'The French went to contact the British to stop them working and they clashed with each other,' said Normandy fishing chief Dimitri Rogoff, claiming that while there was stone-throwing he had not heard of any injuries or damage.
'The French almost surrounded the British,' Rogoff said, prompting the British to flee.
Video footage shows French fishermen throwing rocks at a British boat as the vessels try to ram each other off the coast of Normandy
French and British fishermen clashed in the English Channel on Tuesday over a hoard of scallops - the latest flare-up in a years-long war over the prized shellfish. Pictured is a previous confrontation between rival French and British fishermen off Le Havre in 2012
Rogoff said 'around 40' French boats had gathered overnight in protest at British 'pillaging' of the scallop supply.
French boats only have the right to fish for scallops from October 1 until May 15 to allow local stocks to regenerate, but the British do not face the same restrictions.
The French trawlermen wanted the British to stay north of a line running from Barfleur in Normandy to Cap d'Antifer to the east to avoid running supplies down, Rogoff said.
Tensions have been high between British and French fishermen for several years, leading to angry disputes that have been dubbed 'Scallop Wars'.
In some years the two sides have been able to come to partial agreements, but 'not this year', said Rogoff.
French boats sailed out from Trouville-sur-Mer, Port-en-Bessin and Ouistreham on the North coast of France to meet English scallop boats in the Seine Bay (shown by red marker) – a scallop-rich area off Normandy
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