In the bay of Saint-Malo, the return of the scallop makes people happy for the holidays

In the bay of Saint-Malo, the return of the scallop makes people happy for the holidays
In the bay of Saint-Malo, the return of the scallop makes people happy for the holidays

While 15 years ago, Breton fishermen had announced the end of the scallop, for fear of a shortage, here they are setting records in quantity and size. Good news for the producers met by Europe 1, as Christmas approaches.

It’s a renewal that only makes people happy! While 15 years ago the fishermen of Saint-Jacques believed that the end of the scallop had come and that a shortage loomed, for two years now, production has been setting records in quantity and size for the mollusc.

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Very strict regulations

How to explain it? Thanks to drastic fishing quotas which were imposed around ten years ago and which are bearing fruit. Example: we cannot fish more than one ton, for one hour in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, and 250 kilos per sailor on a trawler in the bay of Saint-Malo. Clear rules that helped save the resource.

“I am the father of the boat. There are three on board and they are entitled to 250 kilos per person, that’s 750 kilos in the bay of Saint-Malo,” explains one of the fishermen on Europe 1’s microphone.

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For “exceptional” performance

Scallops galore, sold by Sylvain directly to the consumer: 4 euros per kilo. “There was a shortage around fifteen years ago but now it is very well managed. There is a better yield. I peeled some last week, there was a nut weighing 85 grams. Exceptional , very rare! It is very regulated and very monitored too, hence the abundant resource,” he explains.

A couple has just bought 15 kilos of scallops from him. For what? “To eat them!”, they answer with a smile. “We manage to peel them all and there are some that will go down to the south,” explain the gourmets. Festive menus with the unmissable scallops in Breton butter for this couple, even if they will go to the south to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

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