Atlantic salmon stocks seriously reduced in 2014.

Québec : inquiétudes pour le saumon de l’Atlantique. Concerns for Atlantic salmon stocks.

En direct du monde par Alexis Morel mardi 30 juin 2015

Animal vénéré au Québec, le saumon est pourtant de moins en moins présent dans ses rivières © Carlos Barria/Reuters

L’été s’annonce crucial pour l’avenir de l’espèce. Les stocks de poissons sont en très forte baisse.

This was the crucial announcement for the future of the species. Fish stocks are dangerously low.

L’année dernière constituait déjà une année noire pour les saumons au Québec. Dans certaines rivières, leur population a parfois chuté de moitié. Depuis quinze ans environ, rien ne va plus pour ce poisson vénéré au Canada. Différentes études ont montré que seulement 1% des saumons reviennent dans leur rivière de naissance contre 5% par le passé. Cela limite donc considérablement les possibilités de prises pour les pêcheurs.

Last year has already constituted a black year for Quebec salmon. In some rivers their population has fallen to half. For about fifteen years nothing has gone well for the venerated fish of Canada. Some studies have shown that only 1% of salmon return to the river they were born compared to 5% in the past. This limits considerably the possibilities of catches for fishers.   

Là encore, le réchauffement climatique serait une des causes de cette baisse drastique, tout comme la surpêche au large. En tout cas, cette situation préoccupante a conduit le gouvernement québecois à adopter des mesures radicales. Le ministère de la faune oblige désormais les pêcheurs à remettre leur prise à l’eau quand il s’agit de saumons adultes de plus de 60 cm.

Also, global warming will be one of the causes of this drastic drop, as well as overfishing the seas. In each case, this situation has driven the Quebec government to adopt radical measures. The ministry of the living animal environment is making it obligatory, from now on, that fishermen return their catches to the water if the adult salmon are above 60 cms.

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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