Trois chalutiers de la Bretagne en Newlyn abri de la tempête.

With a heavy swell running around the harbour the crew of the Idatsa were off in search of some additional fenders to keep her off the quay.....
while the Eridan and Chephren were berthed outside one of the beamers for the night. Looking at the forecast the worst is yet to come with the strongest winds predicted for daylight in the morning. These boats, all, from Loctudy, specialise in fishing for langoustine - the crest on the bow of the Eridan has a pair of them. Look down the page here for the link to langoustine.

Like Newlyn, Loctudy and other Breton ports have gone through a heavy decommissioning programme.

The web site for the local Breton paper, Le Télégramme very usefully gives the landing and sailing information for the fishing fleet, port by port. One day Newlyn will catch up.