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What does the Guilvinec maritime district really amount to?
As the post-Brexit fleet exit plan approaches, we have put this port place under the microscope. We disentangle the true from the false.
The port of Guilvinec is the first Cornish port. TRUE
On the scale of Cornouaille (*), Le Guilvinec remains the stronghold. It represents nearly 41% of the volumes sold at auction in 2022 (out of 32,702 t in all). 13,617 t were landed at Guilvinec last year (- 4% compared to 2021) for a turnover of €61.70 million (- 2%), which places it second French port in value behind Lorient (15,984 t sold at auction for a turnover of €63.60 million). Bigouden port is far ahead of Douarnenez (6,991 t landed for €5.80 M in turnover at auction in 2022), Concarneau (3,715 t for €27.60 M), Saint-Guénolé-Penmarc'h (4,456 t for €17 million), Loctudy (2,766 t for €13.50 million) or Audierne (1,156 t for €11 million). Unlike Guilvinec, some ports like Douarnenez boost their volumes with non-auction sales (8,991 t) but these movements generate less direct added value.
Twenty-six Bigouden trawlers eligible for the scrapping plan The number of ships is constantly decreasing. Fake
For decades, the flotilla in the maritime district of Guilvinec (Le Guilvinec, Lesconil, Loctudy, Saint-Guénolé) has been declining. It even melts. In 1965, there were 740 ships compared to 216 in 2018. But in recent years, this figure has been rising slightly. In 2021, there were 225 boats in the district, nine more than in 2018. This growth is mainly linked to the development of small-scale fishing (141 boats in 2021) such as trolling. Coastal fishing has 30 boats and offshore fishing (more than 96 hours at sea), 54 units. On the other hand, the number of sailors on board continues to decrease. In 1965, there were more than 3,000 against only 677 in 2021!
The post-Brexit fleet exit plan has no precedent. Fake The post-Brexit individual support plan (PAI) currently under negotiation concerns around twenty boats in the Guilvinec district. This is not the first fleet exit plan (commonly known as a "junk plan"). In 1991, the "Mellick plan" (named after the Minister of Fisheries at the time) imposed the reduction of fleets by 2002. Result: in the Guilvinec district, 93 boats left the workforce between 1991 and 1995. than 400 units at departmental level! In 2008, again, the "Barnier plan" was decided after the strikes of November 2007. Nine boats will leave the port of Guilvinec, 21 (out of 31 registered) in the entire maritime district, the most heavily affected in Brittany.
Bigouden shipowners refuse to be stigmatized One job at sea generates three to four jobs on land. TRUE A fisherman at sea is (at least) four jobs on land within the fishing industry: fish trading, processing plants, transport, fittings, mechanics, construction and repair, painting, mass distribution, fishmongers. Not to mention refuelling (equipment, diesel, ice), the agents of the CCIMBO Quimper which manages the fishing ports of Cornouaille or the maritime school of Guilvinec. As far as Pont-l'Abbé, capital of the Bigouden region, by runoff, traders profit from the income from fishing. On the scale of the maritime district, it is estimated that fishing generates 2,280 direct and indirect jobs, more than 5,000 on the scale of Cornwall. The sector still weighs heavily in the local economy.
In Pays bigouden, the fishing industry in anguish
Steven Lecornu Posted by Steven Lecornu on February 06, 2023 at 06:30
In the maritime district of Guilvinec, there are 2,280 direct and indirect jobs related to the sea.
In the maritime district of Guilvinec, there are 2,280 direct and indirect jobs related to the sea. (Telegram / François Destoc)
In the maritime district of Guilvinec, the extent of the post-Brexit fleet exit plan (*) will soon be unveiled. We interviewed the players in the fishing industry, all of whom were very worried.
Gaël Guillemin (Gléhen shipyard): “We lack prospects”
Twenty-six Bigouden trawlers eligible for the scrapping plan The number of ships is constantly decreasing. Fake
For decades, the flotilla in the maritime district of Guilvinec (Le Guilvinec, Lesconil, Loctudy, Saint-Guénolé) has been declining. It even melts. In 1965, there were 740 ships compared to 216 in 2018. But in recent years, this figure has been rising slightly. In 2021, there were 225 boats in the district, nine more than in 2018. This growth is mainly linked to the development of small-scale fishing (141 boats in 2021) such as trolling. Coastal fishing has 30 boats and offshore fishing (more than 96 hours at sea), 54 units. On the other hand, the number of sailors on board continues to decrease. In 1965, there were more than 3,000 against only 677 in 2021!
The post-Brexit fleet exit plan has no precedent. Fake The post-Brexit individual support plan (PAI) currently under negotiation concerns around twenty boats in the Guilvinec district. This is not the first fleet exit plan (commonly known as a "junk plan"). In 1991, the "Mellick plan" (named after the Minister of Fisheries at the time) imposed the reduction of fleets by 2002. Result: in the Guilvinec district, 93 boats left the workforce between 1991 and 1995. than 400 units at departmental level! In 2008, again, the "Barnier plan" was decided after the strikes of November 2007. Nine boats will leave the port of Guilvinec, 21 (out of 31 registered) in the entire maritime district, the most heavily affected in Brittany.
Bigouden shipowners refuse to be stigmatized One job at sea generates three to four jobs on land. TRUE A fisherman at sea is (at least) four jobs on land within the fishing industry: fish trading, processing plants, transport, fittings, mechanics, construction and repair, painting, mass distribution, fishmongers. Not to mention refuelling (equipment, diesel, ice), the agents of the CCIMBO Quimper which manages the fishing ports of Cornouaille or the maritime school of Guilvinec. As far as Pont-l'Abbé, capital of the Bigouden region, by runoff, traders profit from the income from fishing. On the scale of the maritime district, it is estimated that fishing generates 2,280 direct and indirect jobs, more than 5,000 on the scale of Cornwall. The sector still weighs heavily in the local economy.
“With around 30 fewer boats in our ports, we could lose between 30 and 50% of our activity dedicated to maintenance and repair. Overnight and without any compensation, it's brutal, explains Gaël Guillemin, general manager of the Gléhen shipyard , it's an entire economic ecosystem that will be destabilised. This fleet exit plans badly behaved. At the same time, an investment plan should have been proposed. Today, we lack prospects. The prohibition to build a boat in the following five years is a double penalty. The future of auctions, wholesalers and many related trades is on hold. This is why we are asking for investments in the careening areas, such as the arrival of a new lift in Douarnenez. Indispensable to conquer markets”.
Full story courtesy of Steve Lecournu writing for Le Télégramme. (Use Google to translate)
