The future of wild salmon in France

"However, we shouldn’t expect miracles from this measure: the alarming decline of this iconic species appears to be primarily linked to the deterioration of its living conditions.

Can this highly migratory fish still be preserved in French rivers?

With a view to short-term effectiveness, the priority is to restore the ecological continuity of habitats, that is to say, to reduce the number of obstacles (dams in particular) that stand in its way…"

Read the rest of this article by Etienne Prévost (Ecobiop, INRAE), Mathieu Buoro (Ecobiop, INRAE) and Aamaia Lamarins (University of Helsinki) published in The Conversation: The article is available here

Salmon leaping at the foot of the Olha dam on the River Nivelle in the early 2000s. 

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