Carried for two years, the Life plan of the interdepartmental confederation of fishing has just been kept by European comission for a 2 million euro sum. The bet in water repeated for decades of trouts from the piscicultures of the Atlantic, the irresponsibility of certain fishers having introduced kinds underground others than the trout in some plans of water or rivers, corrupts the present populations hard. A " genetic pollution " was determined in effect endangering old and endemic macrostigma established on the island since millions of years, according to studies. There are several kinds of farios trouts in island waters today. The preoccupation of the Confederation of fishing and protection of the aquatic millieux therefore was to find means to safeguard, to develop and to re-establish the Salmo Trutta Macrostigma.
" For it we have donations worked out a Life plan to the commission European, itemizing precisely objectives and actions to be led during 4 years. A stain which was made easier in a way, because the macrostigma was classified in the annex II of directive habitat. It was a huge job which led to the presentation of plan last March. A plan which was adopted finally only 15 days ago, with in the key a financing of 2 millions of € ", explained Antoine Battestini, govern of the confederation. Program has already started. Life program is therefore thrown and its starting did not defer since the confederation has already recruited a project manager. Stephane Muracciole, holder of a POSTGRADUATE DEGREE TAKEN AFTER MASTER'S of ingéniérie of the ecology of the university of Corsica, is consequently made responsible for following the evolution of actions. Actions which will be led in several stages and consisting first of all in protecting populations and their habitat on sites already listed by the top prunelli, of the taravo top and the top fium' orbu. Three pilot sites on which genetic studies proved the presence of the macrostigma. These sites will therefore be constituted in reservation where the fishing will not be allowed. The second stage, thrown in the days which come, will be to develop the macrostigma in pisciculture by taking a sample of the parents in reservations. At the same time kind will be put in water on natural sites: " the Confederation is first going to go about things in acquisition of fields with fields edging certain watercourses as the fium' orbu for instance where a channel will be constructed. We shall so be able to watch the evolution of the trouts. " The third stage will finally allow to reintroduce the Corsican trout in the virgin streams, emptied in anticipation of all other one kinds. Call to the civisme is therefore a vast construction site which starts the confederation, but a construction site which will not be able to succeed without the help of the fishers: " We bet on the intelligence of the men, on the civisme,... It is well necessary to tell himself that plan is carried by the Confederation but the fishers inevitably have to appropriate it. It is important to act together to save the emblematic trout of Corsica. " It will be, very indeed of the most delicate shutter for the success of operation there. It is there that the different recognised associations are going to play their role, by organizing meetings of information. Because communication will be, it is sure, the key of success. It will be necessary to announce. The macrostigma trout is different from her congeneric by numerous tasks of leave on sides (red tasks) as well as by a big black task on the opercule. But it is of course the genetic analysis which confirms visual recognition. This trout will make therefore the object of a vast campaign of information across the realization of newsletters of information, of instructive bars for the young public, or else for documentary films. Creation of an Internet site and realization of a CD ROM is also programmed before the end of the year. information across the realization of newsletters of information, instructive bars for the young public, or else for documentary films. Creation of an Internet site and realization of a CD ROM is also programmed before the end of the year.
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