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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: Keelbeg Pier
Administrator: Cork County Council
Port description:
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.
Management of used fishing gear
Equipment
A Forklift and a sweeper are available on site.
Management
Currently EOL goes to landfill, reusable/ recyclable components such as metal are stripped beforehand.
Segregated Waste includes:
• Hazardous/ Oils – liquids/ solids/ rags/
• Oil drums go to Germany and are converted to heating material.
• Waste Metal
• General
• Wood (mostly Pallets/ cable reel)
Reuse
• There is a new Port Reception Facility.
• However due to a lack of staffing resources fishermen deliver waste to the unmanned reception.
• This results in waste receptacles becoming mixed.
Passive fishing for litter
Current pratices
• The port is named as a ‘Fishing for Litter’ port. • Fishing for Litter tonne bags, supplied by BIM are used by 2 boats frequenting the pier. • There is a small orange skip is available for FfL, however, as it is an open PRF, other items usually end up in it.
Constraints and bests practices
Constraints
• No waste management plan – A plan is currently being developed.
• Due to lack of staff – fishermen deliver waste to the unmanned port reception, resulting in a mismanaged waste system.
• No value chain available for nets.
Bests practices et objectives
• There is a net storage/ maintenance area for nets in use.
• There is ample room on the pier for segregation of waste.
Objectives
The separation of waste on site, and the overall management of due to lack of funding and resources. As the PRF is open, the implementation of incentives/enforcement is need to ensure waste ends up in the correct bins.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 Bueu
Fishing activity and fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 144 vessels and ships (mostly small-scale fishing vessels)