Breton seafood gets quality label
More than 200 seafood products from around fifty companies are now able to benefit from the new Breizhmer quality guarantee label, providing consumers with assurances of the origin and quality…
Brittany aims to support young fishermen
European funding has been earmarked by the Region of Brittany to support new entrants to the fishing industry in acquiring their own boats. Support is being made available for qualified…
Brittany PO sounds the alarm
‘Current conditions with the high price of diesel, as well as costs for equipment and stores threaten the payment of fair wages for work at sea,’ said Soazig Palmer Le…
The Piriou yard in Concarneau was established in 1965 as a repair yard, before expanding into newbuildings and later into other sectors
Piriou family relinquishes control of shipyard group
Significant changes have taken place at the Concarneau-based Piriou Group, with Pascal and Jacques Piriou selling their stake, and taking it out of the hands of the family that established…
The fishing fleet in Brittany will see its Celtic Sea fishery devastated by the 2020 Celtic Sea measures
Brittany fleet’s fury at 2020 Celtic Sea measures
Brittany PO Les Pêcheurs de Bretagne (LPDB) has claimed that technical measures introduced for 2020 at the Council of Ministers December will have a serious impact on sixty fishing vessels,…
Le Dolmen has been delivered by Padmos to Lorient fishing company APAK. Image: Padmos
Multi-purpose Le Dolmen delivered to Lorient
The second of a pair of multi-purpose fishing vessels, designed to be able to alternate demersal, pelagic and pair trawling with seine netting, has been delivered to fishing company APAK,…