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Fishing port of Roscoff
Fishing port, commercial port and marina Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 40 fishing vessels (mainly coastal fishing) 1500 deep-sea trawlers landing fish every year.
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 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 Bueu
Fishing activity and fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 144 vessels and ships (mostly small-scale fishing vessels)
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Fishing port of Union Hall
This is small fishing pier with 19 regular boats from 6m to 28m, including 1 x Demersal trawler (Prawns), 2 x Pelagic vessels and Inshore fishing boats.
There is also a RNLI station and a Rowing Club attached to the pier.
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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)
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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 Marìn
General cargo (paper, wood, fruit, steel), bulk solids (grains, flours, and fertilizers), ship services (construction, repair, fuel, oils…), fishing activity (fresh and frozen), fish auction.
Fishing practice: 77 vessels and ships (mainly inshore, 12 trawlers operating in the Grand Sole fishing grounds, 4 coastal trawlers, and 8 operating in Portuguese waters)
Landings: Sardine, horse mackerel, Atlantic mackerel, Atlantic bonito, spider crab, velvet crab, shrimp, Norway lobster, hake, European hake (whiting), blue whiting, squid, monkfish, scorpionfish, red gurnard, sole, cuttlefish, octopus, conger eel, ray, others
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Fishing port of Granville
Fishing port, commercial port and marina. Presence of a fish market Flotilla of 55 fishing vessels :
mainly dredgers & caseyeur (pot vessels)
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Fishing port of Howth
Fishing, seafood processing and sales.
Marine leisure cruises, sailing club, tourism.
Fishing practice: There are currently 5 pelagic trawlers, 36 demersal trawlers and 12 crabbers.
Landings: Prawn, Crab and white fish