Q&A: What is the Jersey fishing dispute about?

Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the key questions surrounding the dispute.

French fishing vessels stage a protest outside the harbour at St Helier, Jersey (Josh Dearing/PA)

Two British Royal Navy ships are patrolling the waters around Jersey amid an ongoing row between the island and France over post-Brexit fishing rights.

HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed by the UK Government to “monitor the situation”, and Agence France-Presse reports France has despatched two patrol vessels as dozens of French fishing boats gathered near the island.