forty years that these fishermen have been restoring the rivers

Every year, for forty years, Antrain Gaulan association of Val-Couesnonnear Fougères (Ille-et-Vilaine), develops a schedule for river restoration in the fall, this takes place every two weeks.

Watch out for the salmon

More than thirty volunteers take turns to ensure this cleaning.

They were accompanied by some members of Eau et rivières de Bretagne, who came from Rennes.

During these days, we clean, we rip up, we plant, we install weirs along the watercourse to prevent widening and siltation.

THE packaging (accumulation of fallen wood during strong gusts of wind) are used to strengthen the banks and to create conditions conducive to the development of the ecosystem such as shelter for fish, amphibians or insects.

The census of spawning grounds was made on Saturday December 21st. The volunteers had the satisfaction of discovering that the salmonids still colonize Loysance and Tronçon.

Salmon is, however, a endangered species with, as probable causes, overfishing and the effects of climate change.

The ban on salmon fishing last November gives volunteers in Antrain Gaul hope of encountering this beloved salmonid again.

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