Isigny-sur-Mer
Isigny-sur-Mer
- Administrative Port: Calvados
- County: Basse-Normandie
Down in the bay of Veys, Isigny is an important dairy center, known for its butter and AOC cream, as well as for its cheeses (mimolette, pont-l’évêque, camembert, trésor d’Isigny, etc..) These are made in the cooperative "Isigny Sainte Mère". Since the second half of the twentieth century, oyster farming is widely developed near the Bay of Veys (Isigny-sur-Mer).[1]
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 2 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 2 [2] | |
| 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 | Festivals | Fête de la moule | |
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/Isigny-sur-Mer
- 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.
