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| − | + | On the middle of the northern coast of the Cotentin peninsula, at the mouth of the Divette and at the bottom of the bay between Cape Levi east and Cap de la Hague west, Cherbourg -Octeville is 120 km from the English coast. Cherbourg is the largest city in the department of Manche, and resulted from the merge of the municipalities of Cherbourg Octeville.<ref>http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherbourg</ref> | |
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Cherbourg
- Administrative Port: Manche
- County: Basse-Normandie
On the middle of the northern coast of the Cotentin peninsula, at the mouth of the Divette and at the bottom of the bay between Cape Levi east and Cap de la Hague west, Cherbourg -Octeville is 120 km from the English coast. Cherbourg is the largest city in the department of Manche, and resulted from the merge of the municipalities of Cherbourg Octeville.[1]
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 14 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 5 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | 7 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 26 [2] | |
| 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) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | All species (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Values | Demersal | |
| Landings | Values | Pelagic | |
| Landings | Values | Shellfish | |
| Landings | Values | All species | |
| 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 | Port of Hourdel - quai Gavois | |
| Landings | Location of auctions | ||
| 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 | Ability to board (mackerel fishing in small boats): inquire at the tourist office | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | Fête de la mer, Harengade | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | ||
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | ||
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | The lifeboat Benoît Champy, Statues depicting former activities related to the world of fishing, marine Chapel, Old fish market | |
| Tourism&Education | Fishing training School | ||
Vessel type 1= Coastal fishing vessels: Vessels which spend more than 75% of their time in the 12 nm zone.
Vessel type 2= Coastal/high sea vessels: Fishing vessels that fish 25% -75% of their time in the 12 nm zone.
Vessel type 3= 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
- ↑ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherbourg
- ↑ Data from 2011. Source: Ifremer
- ↑ 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.
