"The Carbon Balance of French Fishing Is Close to that of Domestic Air Traffic"

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This Monday, 17 November, the NGO Bloom and the Think Tank The Shift Project publish an "unedited" balance sheet of carbon emissions from French fishing, which is heavily affected by fuel. The smallest vessels have the smallest impact, says the authors of the study, who return for "Libé" on their work.

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A study, published this Monday, November 17, states that French fishing discards 1.14 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, and highlights the "abyssal gap" between the various fishing vessels. The largest, 1% of the fleet, discharge one third of the greenhouse gas emissions from the sector.

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The think tank The Shift Project and the Bloom association publish a complete carbon balance of the fishing sector. An unprecedented exercise that sheds light on the levers to be used to decarbonize this sector effectively.

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Paris, 17 Nov 2025 (AFP) – French fishing, highly fuel-dependent, releases 1.14 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, according to a study published on Monday by The Shift Project and Bloom, which also notes an "abyssal gap" in emissions between the various vessels in the fleet. This report is the "first attempt at [...]