Breskens
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Breskens
- Administrative Port: Sluis
- County: Zeeland
- Population: 4783
Breskens is a harbour town on the Westerschelde in the municipality of Sluis in the province of Zeeland, in the south-western Netherlands. The town is noted for the Visserijfeesten (Fishery Festival), the largest festival in Zeeland.[1]
Picture: Lighthouse of Breskens (Author: LimoWreck)
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 2 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 2 [2] | |
| Landings | Values | All species | 9.000.000€ [3] |
| Landings | Location of auctions | Zealand fish auction Breskens NV Kaai 1, 4511RC, Breskens | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | Zeeland | |
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fishmongers de Dukdalf, Kaai 2, 4511RC Breskens | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | 't Vissershuis, Scheldekade 25 4511 AW Breskens *De Afslag, Kieweg 2, 4511 RP Breskens | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Sniff at sea Trawlfishing Sealcruise | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | Visserijfeesten Breskens | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | Visserijmuseum Breskens | |
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | Monument of fisheries | |
Vessel type 1= Vessels used for inshore fishing
Vessel type 2= Vessels used for high sea fishing
(definition inshore fishing vessels: length <24m, capacity <221kW)
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