Newbuild
Newbuild for Cherbourg
Cherbourg’s first new trawler for more than twenty years has been ordered by David and Sophie Leroy of Armement Cherbourgois.
FiskerForum
23/05/2016
ANNONCER
Country Specific News
Land: France
Ports
Rising demand for fish
Demand for fish is growing, according to François Allard at Lorient fish processor Allard Marée, who said that a move to larger premises is overdue.
FiskerForum
20/05/2016
Newbuild
Bopp expands in Ireland and Scotland
A flow of second-hand French trawlers to Ireland has boosted business for French winch manufacturer Bopp as it finds itself with a new market on its doorstep.
FiskerForum
19/05/2016
Fish Species
Lorient’s langoustine
Langoustine are a focal point of Lorient’s small-scale fleet landings, with the emphasis on landing high-value live langoustine that make their way to the port’s 4am auction for the small boat fleet’s landings.
FiskerForum
19/05/2016
Manufacturers
Piriou newbuild and repair services in Lorient
The Piriou yard started out as a straightforward repair yard fixing the Concarneau fleet’s trawlers, netters and seiners, but as the fleet grew, the yard grew with it, becoming one of the few yards in France building tuna purse seiners and large trawlers.
FiskerForum
17/05/2016
Ports
Lorient, modern and still modernising
France’s top fishing port in value terms but training behind Boulogne in tonnage, Lorient’s fishing sector is being energetically promoted by the port and local authorities, as well as by the dozens of companies that rely on the fishing business for the livelihoods.
FiskerForum
16/05/2016
Economy
Dutch bid for French tuna operator
Dutch pelagic group Parlevliet en van der Plas is in the process of negotiating to acquire French tuna operator Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO), which operates a fleet of fourteen tuna purse seiners in the Indian and Atlantic oceans.
FiskerForum
13/05/2016
Fishing
Successful Exocets
Launched in January last year, Morgère’s Exocet trawl doors have been just the success Michel Dagorn had expected them to be.
FiskerForum
13/05/2016
Administration
Ocean documentary available with English text
Mathilde Jounot’s crowdfunded film, Oceans, La Voix des Invisibles (Oceans, the Voice of the Invisibles), which explores the relationship between NGOs, corporations and the perceived efforts made towards privatising the oceans is now available with its English subtitles.
FiskerForum
23/04/2016
Fish Species
Sapmer reduces losses
La Réunion fishing company Sapmer has announced loss of €6.10 million for the 2015 operating year, close to half the amount lost the previous year (€11.9 million). The company has been through some difficult years and appears to be struggling to make returns on its heavy investments in new tonnage in recent years.
FiskerForum
05/04/2016