"We share the Commission's objective of managing the fish stocks on a sustainable basis, but absolutely reject both its chosen instruments and its unrealistic time-scale for recovery, " said an EFAG spokesman.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Blockade on port of Calais lifted

Doug Beveridge, assistant chief executive of the National Federation of Fisherman's Organisations - a member of EFAG - said the Antwerp protest was the result of massive co-ordination between European fishermen.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Blockade on port of Calais lifted