ANNONCER
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.
French fishing companies Compagnie des Pêches, based in Saint-Mâlo, and the Boulogne-based Euronor are to get a new factory stern trawler in September 2017.
French Shipbuilding group Piriou has delivered a new freezer longliner to Cap Bourbon, designed for operating under the tough conditions of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, including around Kerguelen and Crozet Islands.