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LARGE-SCALE FISHING

As early as 1612, ships from Le Portrieux and Binic were the first in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc to go cod fishing in Newfoundland.
Salted or dried, cod was easy to store and transport. It provided food for the population during the many “lean” (meatless) days imposed by the church.

Chapelle Sainte-Anne Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Chapelle Sainte-Anne Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Chapelle Sainte-Anne Saint-Quay-Portrieux
Chapelle Sainte-Anne Saint-Quay-Portrieux
The crossing to Newfoundland, 2,250 nautical miles long (4,167 km), took at least three weeks. The voyage was perilous on ships carrying 30 to 50 crew and loaded with the small boats that would be used to fish off the coast of Newfoundland. Departure was in the spring. As the Portrieux roadstead was the deepest, the cod boats from all over the Bay of Saint Brieuc would gather there before the big departure.

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    LARGE-SCALE FISHING

    Chapelle Sainte-Anne Saint-Quay-Portrieux

    As early as 1612, ships from Le Portrieux and Binic were the first in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc to go cod fishing in Newfoundland.
    Salted or dried, cod was easy to store and transport. It provided food for the population during the many “lean” (meatless) days imposed by the church.

    The crossing to Newfoundland, 2,250 nautical miles long (4,167 km), took at least three weeks. The voyage was perilous on ships carrying 30 to 50 crew and loaded with the small boats that would be used to fish off the coast of Newfoundland. Departure was in the spring. As the Portrieux roadstead was the deepest, the cod boats from all over the Bay of Saint Brieuc would gather there before the big departure.

      As early as 1612, ships from Le Portrieux and Binic were the first in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc to go cod fishing in Newfoundland.
      Salted or dried, cod was easy to store and transport. It provided food for the population during the many “lean” (meatless) days imposed by the church.

      As early as 1612, ships from Le Portrieux and Binic were the first in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc to go cod fishing in Newfoundland.
      Salted or dried, cod was easy to store and transport. It provided food for the population during the many “lean” (meatless) days imposed by the church.

      As early as 1612, ships from Le Portrieux and Binic were the first in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc to go cod fishing in Newfoundland.
      Salted or dried, cod was easy to store and transport. It provided food for the population during the many “lean” (meatless) days imposed by the church.

      As early as 1612, ships from Le Portrieux and Binic were the first in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc to go cod fishing in Newfoundland.
      Salted or dried, cod was easy to store and transport. It provided food for the population during the many “lean” (meatless) days imposed by the church.