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Fishing port of Port-en-Bessin
Fishing port
A fish market (1st auction in Normandy and 6th in France) Fleet of 61 vessels (mainly trawlers)
Port authority: Joint association of the fishing ports and marinas of Cornouaille
Administrator: Metropolitan West Brittany Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI)
Port description:
Fishing port and marina
Presence of a fish market, online sales only Flotilla of 30 vessels (gillnetter and trollers)
Management of used fishing gear
Equipment
• Port waste collection centre closed
• 2 bins on the docks for cardboard and plastic
• Storage space in a closed shed for used nylon nets stored in 1m3 big bags and a 30m3 CIW skip
• Forklift for transporting nets for all fishermen with a certificate of ability to drive this type of vehicle.
Management
Filet Recyclage collects used nets, which are then sorted, packaged and sent for granulation to companies, mainly in Europe. These pellets are used to make nylon objects.
Reuse
• Fishermen put their used fishing nets directly into the big bags (no dedicated staff).
• The nets are collected by the company Filet Recyclage for recycling 3 times a year.
• The fish market manager is responsible for waste management.
Management costs: 562€ (2023) Quantity: 13.83T (2023)
Passive fishing for litter
Current pratices
Fishermen bring the litter they collect while fishing back to the port.
Port issues
Disposal in a CIW skip without quantification or qualification.
Constraints and bests practices
Constraints
• The port is responsible for purchasing the big bags, which represents a high cost.
• Loading the lorry carrying the big bags of nets takes a long time (1/2 day).
• It is sometimes difficult to raise awareness among fishermen about sorting their nets.
Bests practices et objectives
• Combating illegal dumping with enclosed areas and cameras.
• A long tradition of assembling and dismantling of nylon nets by fishermen in an enclosed, sheltered and easily accessible warehouse.
• Free access to a forklift to transport the nets from the docks to the warehouse.
• Monitoring of the quantities of nets collected in a file shared with the CCI.
Objectives:
Obtain the Clean Harbours Label: construction work to relocate the careening area and redevelop the space in front of the waste collection centre.
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Fishing port of Gijón
Commercial, nautical-sport, tourism, fishing, and shipyard activities, fish market.
Fishing practice: for WIF, three trawlers from the Mares Circulares project (with lengths ranging from 28 to 36 meters) are collaborating
Landings: Atlantic mackerel, European anchovy, and Atlantic bonito
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Fishing port of La Cotinière
Fishing port and marina
Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 95 fishing vessels (trawlers, trollers, pot vessels gillnetter)
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Fishing port of Vigo
General cargo, bulk solids, ship service, fishing activity (fresh and frozen), fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 359 vessels and ships (mostly artisanal vessels)
Landings: Black monkfish, White monkfish, Blue shark, Swordfish, Northern megrim, Atlantic pomfret, European hake, Korean flounder, Common squid, Horse mackerel…
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Fishing port of A Coruña
Multiple port activities, highlighting liquid and solid bulk traffic, as well as general cargo. Fishing is the main pillar of the port and has a fish market.
Fishing practice: 94 vessels (mostly small-scale), but the number rises to 190 when including boats that unload at the fish market but are not based at the port.
Landings: Poor cod, horse mackerel, mackerel, sardine, common bream, European anchovy, starling, hake, whiting, sole, megrim, skate, dogfish, black scorpionfish, monkfish, John Dory, red mullet, rockling, pollock, pipefish…
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Fishing port of Castletownbere
A busy port that is home to several state organisations and fishing businesses. Including a seafood processing plant, an ice plant, fisherman’s co-op, and shipping agents. Cruise liners and island ferries also dock here.
30 x >20m fishing vessels are based at the port, the majority are whitefish trawlers.
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Fishing port of Dunmore East
A busy fishing harbour, home to a sailing club food shop/ smoke house, seafood shop, adventure facility, sailing club, coast guard, tour operators, boat yard, RNLI Lifeboat, net mending facility and a BIM ice plant.
Fishing practice: 12 regular boats under 24m,
Mostly bottom trawls, 1 x beamer trawl, 2 x pure seines Landings: White fish – Hake, Haddock, Whiting
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Fishing port of Kilmore Quay
This is a multi-purpose port which accommodates approx.
20 trawlers, 5 scallop boats and 25 inshore vessels for crab, lobster & whelk. In addition, charter deep-sea angling vessels, tourboats to the Saltee Islands, and leisure crafts use the port.
There are also seafood processing plants next to the port.
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Fishing port of Camaret
Fishing port and marina
No fish market but fish preparation area 7 fixed vessels (small-scale coastal fishing)