Cherbourg
Cherbourg
- Administrative Port: Manche
- County: Basse-Normandie
At about the middle of the northern coast of the Cotentin peninsula, at the mouth of the Divette and at the bottom of the bay between Cape Levi east and Cap de la Hague west, Cherbourg -Octeville is at 120 km distance from the English coasts. Cherbourg is the largest city in the department of Manche, and resulted from the merge of the municipalities of Cherbourg Octeville.1
Background information | |||
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Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 14 | |
Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 5 | |
Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | 5 | |
Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 242 | |
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) | |
Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | All species (tonnes) | |
Landings | Values | Demersal | |
Landings | Values | Pelagic | |
Landings | Values | Shellfish | |
Landings | Values | All species | |
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 | ||
Landings | Location of auctions | ||
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 | Vente directe : Etals sur les quais | |
Fish as food | Fish processing | ||
Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | ||
Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Possibilité d'embarquer (pêche au maqueraux sur de petites embarcations) : se renseigner auprès de l'office du tourisme | |
Tourism & Education | Festivals | Fête de la mer, Harengade | |
Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | ||
Tourism & Education | Aquariums | ||
Tourism & Education | Monuments | Le canot de sauvetage Benoît Champy, Statues illustrant les anciennes activités liées au monde de la pêche, Chapelle des marins, Ancienne halle aux poissons | |
Tourism&Education | Fishing training School |
Coastal fishing vessels: Vessels which spend more than 75% of their time in the 12 nm zone.
Coastal/high sea vessels: Fishing vessels that fish 25% -75% of their time in the 12 nm zone.
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/Cherbourg
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.