All the Sea on a Plateau, Shellfish Festival

After several years of cod fishing to Newfoundland, the fishermen of Granville specialised in shellfish fishing. It was here, in fact, that the professional pêche aux bulots was officially born. <Today, Granville is Europe’s leading exporter of this particularly fleshy species. The bulot-mayo is now the king of coastal hipster apéros! The SPL des ports de la Manche, manager of the Criée de Granville since 1 January 2021, is organising the festival, in collaboration with the Association du Festival des Coquillages et Crustacacute;s de Granville. The bulot, of course, but also the praire, the coquille Saint-Jacques, sea almonds and naked shellfish account for 80% of Granville’s débarque. When you add to this the thousands of tonnes of huîtres and moules de bouchot, we can certify that Granville is the capital of shellfish!