Several deputies were to, during a press conference in the National Assembly on Wednesday, September 28, relay the mobilization of fishermen who want to ban Senne fishing in French territorial waters.
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Communication campaign carried out with the Bloom and Tribune association in the press in the form of a cry of alarm signed by more than 120 deputies and senators: this is for the land mobilization of French fishermen, while the climate is reaching out in Sea. This time, it is the arrival in the Channel of the Senne Démersale, also known as “Danish Senne” or “Scottish Senne” – an overly effective machine towards the fishery resource -, which crystallizes the dissatisfaction. It is a large net deposited on the bottom, connected to two “arms”: two cables which vibrate and lift the sediments, which folds the fish towards the center. This operating mode is fast and rakes 3 square kilometers in one line. It targets in particular species which are not subject to quotas or minimum capture sizes, such as the cantine, the cuttlefish, the red-barbet or the rundin.
Wednesday, September 28, during a press conference in the National Assembly, several deputies (LFI, EELV, MoDem), including the elected PCF of Seine-Maritime Sébastien Jumel, were to relay the anger of the Normans who want Prohibit this formidable tool in French territorial waters, that is to say in the area extending up to 12 nautical miles (22.2 kilometers) from the coast. They hope to obtain aid from the government on this file, which is similar, in reality, to an episode of the eternal test of force of the little ones. Because the sedentary craftsmen, linked to the attachment they contribute to bringing to life with their boats, especially want to defend themselves against industrial ships, mainly foreign, who come to put their sennes where they fish, from the North Sea to ‘In the West Manche, then leave elsewhere when the resource melted.
fleet of 54 ships
Bloom has identified 19 active sentences in the French Channel, 20 Dutch, 10 British, 4 Belgians and 1 German. On this fleet of 54 ships, 40 belong to shipowners from the Netherlands. “They measure 28 meters on average, but can reach 35 meters, and are two to three times more powerful than our boats,” said Mathieu Vimard, deputy director of the Norman fishermen’s organization.
The president of Hauts-de-France, Xavier Bertrand (LR), himself challenged the Secretary of State for the Sea, Hervé Berville, by evoking a “particularly worrying situation” for his region. “This industrial fishing method widely practiced by Dutch ships (…) has been decried for several years due to the damage caused on the marine ecosystem, but also and above all on the exhaustion of the resource,” he wrote, 16 September, in a letter co-signed with the president of the fisheries committee of his region, Olivier Leprêtre.
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