ANNONCER
Icefish were last caught in France’s Southern Ocean territories around Kerguelen more than twenty years ago and the fishery came to an end in 1993 when the mainly Russian and Polish trawlers that fished for it left many of their distant waters fishing grounds, including the French territorial waters around Kerguelen.
Christened at its home port in La Réunion, the new Cap Kersaint paves the way for the renewal of the French-operated fleet fishing in the French Southern Ocean and Antarctic Territory (TAAF) of Crozet and Kerguelen waters for Patagonian toothfish.
The order for three new combination trawler/seine netters for owners in Boulogne has finally been announced following a long tendering process.
The latest purse seiner in the French tuna fleet, the 77 metre, 1400 cubic metre capacity Gevred, sailed from Concarneau on Wednesday to start fishing off West Africa.
Le Havre fisherman Mickaël Devarieux has taken delivery of a new trawler designed to alternate scalloping and bottom trawling, his third boat and his first newbuild.
‘For many filmmakers, fishermen are like sentinels or whistleblowers facing today’s challenges: climate change, conflicts and migrants, power and resources, threatened biodiversity, grabbing and privatisation of the oceans,’ said festival secretary Jacques Chérel.
Boulogne PO FROM Nord, representing fishing vessels from distant water trawlers to inshore netters, is having to distribute sole allocations to its members cautiously this year following a 14% cut in this year’s quota.
Morgère has launched an innovative new monitoring system called Cyclops that enables pair trawlers to optimise trawl performance. It has been trialled by Boulogne fishing company Euronor’s trawlers.
The new tuna purse seiner built in Spain for French operator Compagnie Française Thon Océanique (CFTO) has been delivered to Concarneau.
Following an application by Brittany PO Cobrenord, France’s Competition Authority (Authorité de la Concurrence) has published its opinion that the present system of collective quotas as used in France is inefficient and constitutes a threat to fair competition.