Landings down, prices strong
While the Lorient Keroman fish auction has seen a noticeable drop in landings in recent months, strong prices help offset this. Difficult weather, the month-long closure of the Bay of…
Wind farm plans leave fishing out in the cold
Despite being reduced in scope, a planned wind farm off the Brittany coast near Roscoff will marginalise commercial fishing, according to the Brittany Regional Fisheries Committee which claims around fifty…
Minister aspires to opening a real path to transition
In a visit to Le Guilvinec, France’s Minister of Fisheries Catherine Chabaud told the industry that she came to ‘listen, with no subject taboo’ in a ‘port that perfectly represents…
Brittany fleet ties up in fuel price protest
The larger fishing operators in Brittany have opted to suspend activity and are calling on the French government to step in with more effective support measures. CRPMEM Bretagne (The Brittany…
Direct aid needed at the pump
Unless a drastic political commitment is made, fishermen in Brittany will have no choice but to keep fishing vessels tied up. Faced with the contining surge in diesel prices, the…
Dispute over four-door rig in court
A French court has upheld an appeal by small-scale fishermen’s organisations in Brittany that hinges on the definition of a four-door trawl rig as demersal or pelagic fishing. The Rennes…
No miracles in 2026 TACs and quotas
A provisional mackerel quota of 2427 tonnes for the French fleet up to June next year goes only part-way towards mitigating the predicted disastrous reduction, according to the Brittany Committee…
Brittany sounds alarm ahead of December Council
Representatives of the fishing industry in Brittany have been warning that sections of their fishing industry are set to collapse in the face of a lack of clear political will…
André Le Berre
The fishing community in Brittany is paying its respects to the memory of André Le Berre, who passed away on 30th November at the age of eighty. Born in Loctudy,…
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The future of Brittany’s fisheries lies in trawling
The Brittany Fisheries Committee has hit back at critics of the industry, stating that technical advances in trawling negate the criticisms levelled at the sector, and that trawling is an…
