Cherbourg (Manche)
Placed on the quays, where a few trawlers seem to be dozing under a light autumn sun, the metal dredges are ready to be reinstalled soon.
From the bay of Saint-Brieuc, in the Côtes-d'Armor, via the port of Cherbourg, in the English Channel, that of Port-en-Bessin, in Calvados, or even that of Dieppe, in Seine-Maritime , the "coquilliers" (in Brittany) or "coquillards" (in Normandy) were feverishly awaiting the date of October 3, which should mark the launch of the scallop campaign for the year 2022. It will end on October 15 may.
Practiced in the sandy bottoms of the North-East Atlantic, and especially the English Channel, scallop fishing now represents nearly half of the turnover of Norman fishermen - 40,000 tonnes in 2021 -, who operate nearly 250 boats.
“It has been five years since we announced the year of the century!
And each year the season is even better than the previous one”
, confides Dimitri Rogoff…
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