France frees impounded British scallop trawler - The Local: France has released a British trawler suspected of illegally dredging scallops in French waters after its owner paid €50,000 ($65,000) in bail, officials said on Thursday.
The Van Dijck left the port of Caen-Ouistreham on the Normandy coast, the port authority said, with its captain due to appear in court on May 15 to face charges.
The boat was impounded on Wednesday following an on-board inspection earlier this week on the edge of France's territorial waters, 12 nautical miles (about 22 kilometres) offshore.
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