Cherbourg

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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
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 Direct sale: stalls on the docks
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.