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Payment for fishing licences (FOI)

Payment for fishing licences (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 11 January 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

​Request

A

Why do Jersey fishermen have to pay the Jersey Government for a fishing licence?

B

Why do French fishermen not have to pay for a fishing licence to fish in the same waters ie ‘Ours’?

Response

A

Jersey fishers do not pay the Government of Jersey for a fishing licence since licence entitlements are traded in private arrangements between fishers and licence brokers.  

However, Jersey fishers currently pay a one-off administration fee to add a Jersey licence onto their UK fishing licence which is required before a Jersey licence can be issued.  

Further information can be found on the Marine Resources guidance pages located on www.gov.je

Fishing boat licensing (gov.je)

B

French fishermen do not pay the Government of Jersey for a fishing licence.  

Ministers agreed that the administration fee would be deferred for French applicants. 


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