Sleeve. After the death of a young hunter, signage deployed around the Bay of Veys

THE January 21, 2024Amaury Caillère, 29 years old, young hunter originally from Saint-Fromond (Manche), tragically died After a night of hunting in the Bay of Veys.

“It’s a beautiful place, but dangerous”

“It’s a beautiful place, but dangerous. Before venturing there, you need to find out and know how to be vigilant,” recalls Jean-Pierre Lhonor, mayor of Carentan-les-Marais. As for Gérard Bamas, president of the Federation of Channel Hunters, also at the head of the maritime hunters of the Bay of Veys, “it is the third death of this type in the same area since I became president of the federation, and it is far too many,” he regrets.

Also, with the various stakeholders in the territory, including the OFB (French Biodiversity Office), the gendarmerie, the Cotentin Sauvaginiers and the Brévands hunting society, he decided to act: “I wanted to do it for the federation, but I preferred to inform the prefect, so that everyone benefits from it and is involved. »

From now on, information panelslocated at each access to the bay, allow everyone to enjoy the places in securityand a flash code provides access to an English version. Recommendations And emergency contact details are included, as well as a cartography indicating the very dangerous mudflat areas, from which it is very difficult to get out: “Alone or not, if you get stuck there, you will not be able to get out,” underlines Gérard Bamas.

With all the necessary instructions

Each gabion is now also equipped with a sign which includes the GPS coordinates of the location, to allow emergency services to locate you quickly, and also all the emergency numbers to alert. Anyone surprised by the tide should know that gabions provide shelter and, while waiting for help, they must climb onto their roof, which remains out of water.

Informed of the approach, Cross Jobourg contacted the instigators of this signage project and wishes to use it for other sites, such as Mont Saint-Michel and certain sensitive points on the west coast.

It’s a very good initiative, but I would like us to further increase their visibility, with a red flag, for example, to capture everyone’s attention.

He hopes that no person enters the premises without having read the risksof the areas to avoidso that this magnificent natural space is never again bereaved by a human tragedy.

From our correspondent Vanessa AUFFRET

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