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…
Reacting to the widespread conflict in the Middle East and its repercussions on oil supplies, the Brittany Fisheries Committees have sounded the alarm about the current situation, in which the…
Fishermen in France are heading into a third consecutive winter shutdown of the Bay of Biscay’s fisheries, affecting vessels over eight metres fishing with a variety of gears. While 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 HYBA project to develop a working testbench using Lorient fishing vessel Naoned has completed its first phase with encouraging results. The collaborative HYBA project launched in 2023 and the…
France’s second Lecornu administration has appointed ministers, with Monique Barbut and Minister for Ecological Transition, and the susprise appointment of Catherine Chabaud as Minister Delegate for the Sea and Fisheries.…
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