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On 6 May 2021, French fishermen held a protest in the waters off Jersey's main harbour. The UK is responsible for the defence of the Channel Islands and sent two patrol boats to Jersey in response to the fishermen's threats to blockade it. French politicians suggested that Jersey's electricity supply fed by undersea cables from France could be ...
The tensions around the Channel Islands waters began to rise in September 1992, when the European Union (EU) recognised a six-mile (5.2 nmi; 9.7 km) British limit for exclusive fishing rights around the islands. Until then, British and French trawlers had operated in the zone without restrictions. [1]
The Channel Islands [note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands.
In 2017, 101 water pollution incidents were reported, an increase of 5% on 2016. Another estimated 515,700 m 3 of water is abstracted for domestic purposes from private sources (around 9% of the population). [237] Electricity in Jersey is provided by a sole supplier, Jersey Electricity, of which the States of Jersey is the majority shareholder ...
In this letter,“for administrative purposes”, he drew a line which defined the border between the waters of Cambodia and Cochin-China: all the islands north of the line are under Cambodian sovereignty, all the islands south of the line are ruled by Cochin-China. As a result, Phú Quốc was under Cochinchina administration.
Channel Islands National Park is enjoyable year-round. Wildflowers reach peak bloom in the spring, summer and fall are great for water activities, and winter has some of the best sunsets of the ...
It came as the prime minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, issued an urgent clarification correcting claims the price of leasing back the UK/US airbase on the islands had doubled to £18 billion.
The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise to £18 billion and disputed claims made by the Mauritian Prime Minister about the renegotiated deal.