Question 12318 — aquaculture and professional fishing

Summary

Mrs Marie Tamarelle-Verhaeghe draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the disagreements between French and British fishermen concerning scallop fishing in the Bay of Seine. Scallop fishing is subject to many regulations in France, which do not apply to British fishermen. For better management of the resource, France has imposed a series of measures virtuous measures such as limiting the size of boats authorized to fish for scallops (less than 15 meters), opening fishing from October 1 to May 15 (to allow stocks to regenerate during the summer) but also the establishment of a minimum mesh size. Scallop fishing involves around 300 vessels in the Bay of Seine for an annual turnover estimated at 60 million euros. Sharing the Bay of Seine is the subject of a specific agreement renegotiated every two years since 2013, which regulates access to the British fleet, but this agreement only applies to boats over 15 meters. This agreement was quite satisfactory but over the past 3 years, British ships of less than 15 meters have multiplied. Not being subject to any limits, these ships plundered the resource even before the French opened fishing. In 2018, the Negotiations proved particularly tense and an agreement was only reached on Monday September 17, 2018. Norman fishermen from the East Channel sector are demanding recognition of a community “box” with a double opening, making it possible to preserve the heart of the deposit. They also want a common opening period and the establishment of a minimum mesh size to be respected. She would therefore like to know the measures he envisaged to preserve the resource from overly aggressive fishing by British neighbors but also to preserve the sustainability of the work of Norman fishermen.

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