Lorient determined to remain resilient
2023 was a tough year for Lorient, with both deep-sea and coastal fishing declining, although the port’s managers are determined to maintain activity and Lorient’s position as Brittay’s fishing hub.…
2023 was a tough year for Lorient, with both deep-sea and coastal fishing declining, although the port’s managers are determined to maintain activity and Lorient’s position as Brittay’s fishing hub.…
Following the decision by the French Council of State to order a closure of fishing grounds in the Bay of Biscay to protect cetaceans, more than half of the Lorient…
With just a month to go before its opening, ItechMer, France’s international exhibition for the fishing industry has unveiled its programme for this year’s event – the fifteenth time the…
Recognising how essential ice is to the functioning of the port’s fish nadling and sales, as well as to the fleet, the port of Lorient has invested heavily in ice…
A programme of discussion highlighting the challenges facing French and European fisheries is to be held at ItechMer this year, as part of the French fishing industry’s largest trade event,…
Hake landings to the port of Lorient came to 330 tonnes in 2022, but this year landings had jumped to 950 tonnes by the end of May. Local fishing vessels…
The Brittany port of Lorient is becoming a centre for scrapping, as series of decommissioned fishing vessels queues up to be dismantled at the port’s 2000 square metre deconstruction area.…
France’s Itech Mer international trade event for the comercial fisheries is scheduled for 11-13 October, and takes place at the Lorient Bretagne Sud Exhibition Center. This is the 15th time…
French fishermen have reacted with fury to the European Union’s plans to restrict demersal fisheries, with deminstrations in Rennes, Lorient and Boulogne. A further incident took place in the Basque…
After its strong post-Covid return to buoyant activity in 2021, the trends at the port of Lorient for 2022 are cause for concern. The auction at Brittany’s premier fishing port…