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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)
Port authority: Ports of Galicia
Administrator: Ports of Galicia
Port description:
Fishing activity and fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 144 vessels and ships (mostly small-scale fishing vessels)
Management of used fishing gear
Equipment
- Presence of cages installed by Ports of Galicia in selected ports for the exclusive accumulation of gillnets (polyamide).
- No closed area is exclusively dedicated to nets.
- 5 containers for WIF.
Management
- Fishermen manually unload the nets at the port.
- The polyamide nets are placed into the designated cages, as they are the only ones that have value.
- There is no specific collection system for small pieces of nets.
- The removal of nets, other than gill nets, is handled by the Chicolino company.
- A proper net management system has not been implemented in the ports managed by Ports of Galicia.
- No data is available regarding the volume of disused nets.
Reuse
- The boats are equipped with big bags (1m3) or baskets.
- The fishermen manually unload the waste once in port and place the WIF (Waste from Incidental Fishing) into specific 800L containers voluntarily provided by the Mares Circulares initiative.
- No compactor is available at the port.
- The waste is characterized at the port once a month by members of the Mares Circulares initiative.
- Collection occurs periodically every 15 days, except on certain occasions when it is conducted on demand.
- The company Reciclados Plásticos A Cañiza is responsible for removing the waste to its facilities, where tonnage control is conducted.
- Amount of waste incidentally fishing: 6.6t (2023) and 1.4t (2022).
Passive fishing for litter
Current pratices
- The port is involved in a Fishing for Litter scheme under Mares Circulares project, managed by Vertidos Cero Association?
- The boats are equipped with big bags (1m3) or baskets, in accordance with their gross tonnage.
- Artisanal vessels unload manually, whereas trawlers discharge using their own onboard equipment. Once ashore, the waste is placed the PFW in designated 800L containers provided by the project. There are two disposal points: one for artisanal vessels and one for trawlers.
- The waste is characterised at the port once a month by members of the Mares Circulares initiative.
- Collection occurs periodically every 15 days, except on certain occasions when it is conducted on demand.
- The company Reciclados Plásticos A Cañiza is responsible for removing the waste to its facilities, where tonnage control is conducted.
- Amount of PFW: 6.6t (2023) and 1.4t (2022).
Constraints and bests practices
Constraints
- The first waste reception plan has not yet been approved.
- No specific port staff is assigned; the reception and handling of waste are carried out by the fishermen from the docking boats themselves.
- Budget limitations presents a constraint.
- There is a noted indifference and irresponsibility among citizens and port staff regarding the disposal of general waste.
Bests practices et objectives
- The Vertidos Cero Association and the participating guilds are responsible for communication regarding waste management within the port.
Objectives:
- Training is planned to be provided to companies on the collection of both their own waste and passive fishing waste.
- Additional awareness and training campaigns should be conducted.
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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)
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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 Ribeira
Fishing activity and fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 237 vessels and ships (mostly small-scale fishing vessels)
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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 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 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 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 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