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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: Departmental Council of La Manche
Administrator: Local Public Company for the Ports of La Manche
Port description:
Fishing port, commercial port and marina. Presence of a fish market Flotilla of 55 fishing vessels :
mainly dredgers & caseyeur (pot vessels)
Management of used fishing gear
Equipment
3 Big Bags of 1m3 & 1 crate behind the fish auction hall for : trawl and dredge netting / nets / ropes / used traps & pots.
Management
• VALNET project (2023-2024): reuse of used fishing gear by incorporating their fibres to create eco-responsible fibre-reinforced concrete.
• Experiment conducted by Fil&Fab and WWF: trawl nets recycling (shredding tests planned for 2024).
• Local reuse initiatives:
o Reuse of trawls by recreational fishermen to make pots for their fishing activities.
o Recycled by second-hand shops to create new objects.
o Pochons’ project: recycling oyster bags to design bags
Reuse
• One sorting area and one dedicated staff member
• EOLFG placed in Big Bags by category for transport to the dedicated reuse channels
Management costs: no data Quantity: 1,964 T in 2022 (FINEOR project)
Passive fishing for litter
Currents practices
Fishermen bring the litter they collect while fishing back to the port. Disposal in waste bins without quantification or qualification.
Port issues
Installation of Big Bags to collect only passively fished litter in order to quantify and qualify the streams of waste brought back to the port.
Constraints and bests practices
Constraints
• Recycling of certain EOLFGs is complicated, especially when material are mixed (e.g. rock hopper, dredge netting…).
• No sorting equipment, which is currently done on the ground.
• Sorting station is far away, which makes sorting less efficient.
• Recycling channels still almost non-existent.
• Net cuttings that may fall into sewers or the harbour water.
Bests practices et objectives
EOLFG collection well established among fishermen and sorting in place within the port
• Objectives:
o Sustainable recycling channels and development on a larger scale
o Solutions to identify reuse possibilities depending on the degree of contamination of fishing gear
o Improve monitoring of various indicators (tonnage, hours of work required for sorting, etc.) for better management
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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 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 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 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 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 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.
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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
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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