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A British fishing vessel has been controversially seized by France after a French captain accused its crew of fishing in their waters. The boat, a Scottish vessel named the Star of Jura, was pulled aside by police off Calvados, on the Normandy coast, on Monday. The vessel was then ordered into the port city of Le Havre on suspicion of catching undersized scallops. Its captain, who has not been named, took his 19-metre scallop dredger into the port on Saturday under the watchful eye of a maritime police boat after an inspection uncovered an illegal catch, French authorities said. French inspect…