That’s it, the scallop season is on! And she looks very good. Ifremer has identified nearly 105,000 tons of scallops in the Bay of Seine and 46,000 tonnes in the Bay of St-Brieuc, that’s 5% more than last year. It is also a season eagerly awaited by fishermen, as for Jérôme Martin, he is captain of a ship in Port-en-Bessin and this is his 15th scallop fishing season. “We are ready, it’s a good time, everyone is motivated. All the fishermen are standing up thanks to the shell, because it is more and more difficult to catch fish”, he explains.
– Louise Merry
The increase in charges for fishermen will weigh on the price of the shell
So there will be a lot of typos, but they won’t be cheaper however on the stalls, because the charges are increasing for sailors. Between the price of diesel and equipment, Maxime Millénaire has seen his expenses climb. He is captain of the ship Victoria in Port-en Bessin: “Everything has increased, the price of the boat, the wood, the scrap, before a dredge tooth cost 17 euros now it is worth 25. We will have to pass the prices on somewhere.” Maxime hopes to sell the shells at 4.5 euros per kilo directly and 4 euros at the auction.