Agon-Coutainville
Agon-Coutainville
- Administrative Port: Manche
- County: Basse-Normandie
Agon-Coutainville is located on the west coast of the Cotentin (Côte des Havres), opposite to Jersey, 12 km west of Coutances. Coutainville is a seaside resort located on the coast, while the town of Agon is located further inland. The town extends to the south, the Pointe d'Agon (natural site) home to the harbour of Regnéville which is formed by the estuary of the Sienne. The northern boundary is marked by the harbour of Blainville, which is much smaller.[1]
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 7 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 7 [2] | |
| Landings | Landing points | Launch slipway facing the anchorage areas and reserves | |
| 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 | |
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | Fish paintings, murals | |
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
- Jump up ↑ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agon-Coutainville
- Jump up ↑ Data from 2011. Source: Ifremer
- Jump up ↑ 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.
