The winter unemployment period on the Canal du Midi extends this year from January 6 to February 28, 2025.
The departmental waterway network constitutes a major fishing asset of our department due to its accessibility and its fish wealth. Indeed, with a length of more than 150 km crossing our department from west to east, the Midi, Jonction and Robine canals constitute a link between the Lauragais hills and the Mediterranean coast. It is one of the jewels of local heritage combining the work of Riquet with the port remains of the ancient Roman capital that Narbonne once was.
In their contemporary vocations, these canals are very popular with Aude fishermen but also in a more tourist setting. This is how the Aude departmental fishing federation records each year a few hundred cards from all walks of life…
As such, the association made no mistake and has for several years been leading a global fisheries policy to promote recreational fishing and improve fish habitats. This is reflected in particular by the coordination and consistency of stocking, the development of spawning areas, but also the creation of fishing routes in partnership with the French Waterways services.
This network must, however, be subject to maintenance operations annually in order to ensure its sustainability over time and to maintain all associated uses including fishing. The programming of this period of unemployment will last this year from January 6 to February 28, 2025. It will lead to the emptying of certain reaches on which fishing will be prohibited as well as the mobilization of our associative fabric to carry out operations. safeguarding our fish heritage.
This rescue program is an integral part of the management measures put in place in collaboration with VNF and local fishing associations. The latter, often spectacular due to the quantities and dimensions of the fish, give rise to counts and contribute to the evaluation of the stocking policies implemented on the canal.
The fishing federation will communicate via its website https://www.fedepeche11.fr and on social networks.
