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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)
Port authority: A Coruña
Administrator: Ports of the State
Port description:
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…
Management of used fishing gear
Equipment
- Cages for the accumulation of nets in good condition.
- Outdoor areas for the accumulation of damaged nets
- Trailers and trucks for the transportation of larger nets.
Management
- Once unloaded at the port, EOL nets and fishing gear are deposited manually or with the assistance of trucks and trailers. However, they are often improperly disposed of in containers or abandoned on the quay, with collection and management ultimately carried out by the port’s cleaning service
- Nets in good condition or those that can be reused are managed by the company Chicolino, while damaged nets are handled by Terrarecicla or sent directly to the landfill.
- No net dismantling practices are conducted at the port.
- Members of the Sustainability Department are responsible for communication within the port regarding waste management.
- An initiative for the recovery of discarded fishing nets aims to give them a second life in sports courts (ECOBALLUTION project).
- 7.3t of non-reusable nets were collected in 2023.
- Nearly 17t of nets from bottom-set gillnet gear have been recycled in recent years.
Reuse
- Once in port, fishermen manually or with the assistance of trucks and trailers deposit their used fishing nets and gear directly into the container designated for this purpose.
- Nets in good condition or those that can be reused are managed by the company Chicolino, while damaged nets are handled by Terrarecicla or sent directly to the landfill.
- No net dismantling practices are conducted at the port.
- Members of the Sustainability Department are responsible for communication within the port regarding waste management.
- An initiative for the recovery of discarded fishing nets aims to give them a second life in sports courts (ECOBALLUTION project).
- 7.3t of non-reusable nets were collected in 2023.
- Nearly 17t of nets from bottom-set gillnet gear have been recycled in recent years.
Passive fishing for litter
Current pratices
- The port is involved in “Fishing for litter (FfL)” projects in collaboration with fishing fleets and projects staff.
- Fishermen from trawling fleet, collect and store PFW onboard in 1m³ big bags and are responsible for the manual unloading, with a record maintained of which vessels carry out the unloading and the dates.
- The waste is deposited in four 800L containers located at the port for this specific purpose.
- Quantification (in weight units) and characterisation of the waste are conducted at the waste treatment plant by the waste manager (Couceiro).
- Amount of PFW 0.7t in 2022, 1.79t in 2021 and 3.3t in 2020.
Constraints and bests practices
Constraints
- Awareness campaigns are not conducted due to schedule discrepancies, and no informational panels are in place to promote communication.
- The management of the boats’ own waste is insufficient.
- The cost per ton at the landfill is a significant consideration.
- Fishermen are not well informed about the management of these wastes, and it is uncertain whether they would be willing to manage it at the time of collection.
Bests practices et objectives
- Communication is conducted directly or via email with the staff.
Objectives:
- To implement MARPOL compliance for vessels managing unintended catch, ensuring accuracy in the data.
- To avoid increasing fees for vessels regarding the collection of waste not generated by them.
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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 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 Le Guilvinec
Fishing port, marina & ship repair area Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 98 vessels (mostly deep-sea)
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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 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 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 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.