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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
At the beginning of 2024, the Brittany Region launched a trial programme at ten educational locations in the Cornouaille area to offer more fresh, local and seasonal seafood in self-service…
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