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) | 7329,21224 |
| 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 | Quay of the auction | |
| 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 | ||
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
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. Data from 2013. Source: France Agrimer
