Jersey fisherman vow to pelt French trawlers with rotten fruit and veg if they return
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They were seen off by 2,000-ton Royal Navy gunboats HMS Tamar and HMS Severn following a six-hour blockade — but have promised to return.Skipper Richard Le Brun forecast “months and months” of protest — with French vessels blockading mainland UK ports if they do not get their way.Skipper Paul Bizec, 59, said: “The French fishermen have started this, but we will finish it."We will pelt them with frozen tomatoes and rotten fruit, they’ll be sorry they messed with us.
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