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According to French small-scale fishing group Plateforme Petite Pêche, there have been consistently poor catches for French inshore fishermen along the whole of the northern coast of France this year, with some giving up and taking their boats out of the water, or switching – if they can – to pollock or mackerel.
According to Ifremer, the Baie de Seine area has record scallop stocks this year, ready for the opening of the 2018-19 season. The stock in the zone within the 12-mile limit south of the Barfleur-Cap d’Antifer line is estimated to be 63,600 tonnes, compared to 48,600 tonnes in 2017.
A French artisanal longline and handline fishery representing small Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna boats has entered assessment against the MSC Fisheries Standard. The boats are grouped under the brand Thon rouge de ligne – pêche artisanale.
Two companies based in Brittany have announced plans to join forces. Guingamp-based food business Le Graët and Erquy fishing company Armement Porcher are expected to consolidate, bringing together the strengths of both companies in a single operation.
Vónin recently delivered a full package of gear to French surimi factory trawler Joseph Roty II, which fishes all year round on blue whiting.
Fishing operator Armament Jean-Baptiste Marion, based at Grandcamp Maisy in Normandy, has gone to Piriou’s Lorient yard to place an order for a new 16 metre fishing vessel designed by Coprexma to alternate scalloping and trawling.
La Réunion fishing company Sapmer has established a presence in mainland France with its first retail outlet there, offering 100% natural and sustainable seafood products direct from the producer to the consumer, and there are good reasons for setting up Les Comptoirs Sapmer in Concarneau.
Chantier Naval Croisicais have delivered a new trawler to Charles Jubé and Julien le Cleac’h, launched at the yard in Le Croisic and built to a Coprexma design.
A second new trawler for Plobannalec-Lesconil skipper Julien le Brun has been delivered by Chantier Naval Gléhen, the last of a series three vessels built to the same Coprexma design.
French fishing companies Euronor in Boulogne and Compagnie des Pêches in St Malo have taken delivery of a new factory trawler from Kleven’s Myklebust Verft in Norway.