Portsall

Portsall

Administrative Port: Finistère

County: Bretagne

This port derives its reputation of some of its rocks but also of the sinking of the Amoco Cadiz in 1978. This giant tanker which ran aground on a stormy day led to the pollution of the coastline over 150 km.¹

Background information
Fishing Fleet	Vessel type 1	4
Fishing Fleet	Vessel type 2	0
Fishing Fleet	Vessel type 3	0
Fishing Fleet	Vessels total	42
Landings	Total Landings (tonnes)	Demersal (tonnes)
Landings	Total Landings (tonnes)	Pelagic (tonnes)
Landings	Total Landings (tonnes)	Shellfish (tonnes)
Landings	Total Landings (tonnes)	Main species (tonnes)	scallops (24,2%), small spotted catshark (8%), pouting (7,3%)4
Landings	Total Landings (tonnes)	All species (tonnes)	7329,21225
Landings	Values	Demersal
Landings	Values	Pelagic
Landings	Values	Shellfish
Landings	Values	All species	18396,109€
Landings	Number of fishermen	Number of fishermen (Regular)
Landings	Number of fishermen	Number of fishermen (Part-time)
Landings	Number of fishermen	Number of fishermen Total
Landings	Major fish species
Landings	Landing points
Landings	Location of auctions	Av. du Général de Gaulle - 14520 Port-en-Bessin Tèl. 02 31 51 68 00 - Fax 02 31 51 68 09
Governance and organisation	Governance
Governance and organisation	FLAG
Governance and organisation	Location of fishermen's organisations	CRPMEM de Haute Normandie, 26, Quai Galliéni 76200 DIEPPE CRPMEM du Nord/Pas de Calais/Picardie, 12, rue Solférino 62200 BOULOGNE-SUR-MER
Branding	Brand labels
Fish as food	Fish selling	Direct sale: stalls on the docks
Fish as food	Fish processing
Fish as food	Restaurants/hotels
Tourism & Education	Tourism & Fishing
Tourism & Education	Festivals	Fête du goût du large (fête de la coquille Saint-Jacques et des produits de la mer), Fête de la mer (tous les 4 ans)
Tourism & Education	Fishing museums
Tourism & Education	Aquariums
Tourism & Education	Monuments
Tourism&Education	Fishing training School

Coastal fishing vessels: Vessels which spend more than 75% of their time in the 12 nm zone.
Coastal/high sea vessels: Fishing vessels that fish 25% -75% of their time in the 12 nm zone.
High sea vessels: vessels that fish more than 75% of their time outside the coastal zone. These vessels fish offshore the French coast but are in some cases active in the coastal zone of other countries.³

References

1. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsall
2. Data from 2011. Source: Ifremer
3. Leblond, E., Daures, F., Leonardi, S., Merrien, C., Demaneche, S., Le Blond, S., Berthou, P.L., Pitel-Roudau, M., Macher, C., Lespagnol, P., Le Grand, C., Le Blond, S. (2013). Synthèse des flottilles de pêche 2011, flotte de Mer du Nord - Manche – Atlantique, flotte de Méditerranée dans le cadre Réalisation du projet "Système d'Informations Halieutiques" de l'Ifremer. Edition IFREMER Brest. p.289.
4. http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php
5. Data from 2013. Source: France Agrimer