Fishing port, marina & ship repair area Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 98 vessels (mostly deep-sea)
• Closed port waste collection centre: a 30m3 skip for EOLFG (mainly trawlers)
• Bins on the docks for fishermen to put all their waste in when they disembark
• Storage space for used trawls that are not dismantled
• FILIPECHE project (2021-2022) recycling of trawls from Cornouaille ports, with a lorry sent to a trawl recycling facility in Denmark (Plastix)
• Local reuse initiatives: Recreational fishermen’s reuse of trawls in the storage area for their fishing activities
No existing recycling chain in France yet but large quantities of trawl nets.
• When the bins on the docks are full, two employees hired by the CCI collect the bins and carry out an overall sorting according to the flows (wood, EOLFG, CIW, etc.).
• The EOLFG are placed in the skip and Guyot Environnement transports it to the landfill site
Funding: included in the REPP (fishing port equipment fee) Management costs: 160€/T (2023)
Quantity: 92.2T of trawls (2023)
• Nets are not recycled due to low volume.
• Illegal dumping on the docks, particularly at weekends, still too frequent despite the introduction of fines.
• Rope cuttings left on the docks, even though they are occasionally cleaned with a blower.
• 2 to 3 times a year, a diver cleans the harbour water (recovery of fishing gear).
• Cleaning of port docks 2 to 3 times a year (collection of bits of plastic, polystyrene, etc. in the port)
• Objectives:
o To be part of a project with a medium/long-term approach to find sustainable, long-term value chain for used trawlnets.
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.
Fishing port and marina
Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 95 fishing vessels (trawlers, trollers, pot vessels gillnetter)
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.
Fishing port
A fish market (1st auction in Normandy and 6th in France) Fleet of 61 vessels (mainly trawlers)
Fishing port, commercial port and marina. Presence of a fish market Flotilla of 55 fishing vessels :
mainly dredgers & caseyeur (pot vessels)
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
Fishing activity and fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 144 vessels and ships (mostly small-scale fishing vessels)
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
Fishing port and marina
Presence of a fish market, online sales only Flotilla of 30 vessels (gillnetter and trollers)
