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The port of l'Aiguillon
Small pitoresque port which has kept all its identity with its booms and wooden piles.
Mooring is done from wooden jetties and the mud naturally makes depressions to allow boats to access the jetties. Boating activity is managed by the town.
The present port area stretches for 700 metres along the estuary of the River Lay.
Many buildings, directly linked to port activities, can be found around the port of l'Aiguillon, including a shipbuilding works, oyster and mussel retailers, the Centre Nautique Aiguillonnais-Fautais (the nautical centre of l'Aiguillon and La Faute), garages primarily for maritime use, a fishmonger and the AFMAR (the shipping office).
Various types of fishing are carried out from the port : net, trawl, elver, dragnet (Coquilles Saint Jacques and other scallops, clams) and mussel fishing.
