Calais
Calais
- Administrative Port: Pas-de-Calais
- County: Nord-Pas de Calais
The city of Calais is the first city in the department due to its population size and area. However it is not the capital (which is Arras). Calais is also the first French city linking with England thanks to its port, the first French passenger port and the Channel Tunnel.[1]
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 9 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | 1 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 10 [2] | |
| Landings | Landing points | Quai de la colonne | |
| 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 | |
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Direct sale: stalls on the docks | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | Fête du Courgain Maritime, Fête du Hareng | |
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | Monument des sauveteurs, Calvaire des marins | |
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/Calais
- 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.
