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ECA Group has acquired 60% of the capital of BE Mauric from Ciranoë, which was the majority shareholder since 2007, following on from Sirehna, the historical shareholder since 1994. Like the other shareholders, Ciranoë will keep a share in the company.
Brittany’s fishing sector is nervous about the implications for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
French fishermen’s associations claim that heavy fishing by British scallopers in the Baie de Seine is threatening to wreck thirty years of management.
When Christophe Julio wanted to replace the family’s trawler, he decided to go for a new boat with a GRP hull and went to the Plasti-Pêche yard at L’Aiguillon-sur-Mer for the newbuild.
A first new coastal trawler for Lorient has been completed at the Socarenam yard in Boulogne for Jean-Pierre Camenen.
A first order from a US company is a testament to the expertise of Le Drezen, the Brittany-based purse seine specialist.
The SURTINE programme aimed at returning unwanted langoustine (nephrops) to the water as soon as possible after being caught involved fishermen and scientists studying langoustine survival rates.
The acquisition of French tuna operator Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) by Dutch fisheries group Parlevliet en van der Plas (P&P) was finalised yesterday with the formal change of ownership dated 1st July, following a process of negotiation and pre-auditing since the agreement to negotiate a sale was announced in May.
Armement La Houle, based at St Guénolé in Brittany, is about to be sold to an Irish group, according to reports from France.
Sapmer has altered the way it conducts its fishing operations in the Southern Ocean, which has resulted in the recruitment of 35 French crew for its longline fleet.