Every Sunday on France Bleu la Rochelle at 8:20 a.m., Bruno Gracia from the Charente-Maritime fishing federation answers questions from listeners; This is the case for example of Sébastien d’Andilly who asks you if the use of the float-tube is authorized on the Canal du Curé?
Bruno Garcia: The float – tube which could be assimilated to a large inner tube on which the fisherman sits does not have the status of a boat, of navigation equipment. It is therefore not prohibited on the Canal du Curé. I also take this opportunity to open a small parenthesis on this subject and more particularly on navigation. It is not prohibited as long as it does not harm neighboring owners. More simply, as long as a nuisance is not denounced by the owners of the banks, you can navigate. Be careful despite everything not to trigger this opposition on the small waterways on the Curé for example. I strongly advise you for this reason not to use heat engines which are very noisy and which, used at excessive speed, degrade the banks. I therefore urge you for a much more discreet and less penalizing electric propulsion for everyone. That said, Sébastien, I would advise you to visit the downstream part of the Curé instead. On the upstream part you risk having your feet touching the bottom, at worst making dust with each movement of the fins.
Cyril du Gué d’Alleré would like to know the distance to be kept for angling in relation to the oyster beds?
This is a recurring question for oyster farms and I will take the opportunity to also address the conditions to be respected for mussel farms.
It is reminded of mussels: mussels, oysters: oysters;
It was important to specify this since my answer will be different depending on whether it is mussels or oysters. So in the Pertuis Breton, this tongue of sea between the Ile de Ré and the department of Vendée, fishing in the mussel beds is prohibited. Apart from this sluice no particular restriction.
The reason for this ban
I guess it’s related to the many thefts of mussels that have taken place on these parks. It’s so easy to approach a bouchot stake and scrape off 2 or 3 kg of mussels in seconds. It’s just a guess, but it seems plausible to me.
But why in the pertuis Breton only, where is the logic?
Elsewhere we mainly have dies, rope molds as they are commonly called. They have the particularity of being permanently submerged and are not accessible, whereas the bouchot mussel, the one found in large quantities in the pertuis Breton, is regularly out of the water and uncovered, emerged one could say, during many hours. So easily accessible
And for Cyril the fishing on the oyster farms?
It is authorized on the surface above the oyster beds. No specific distance to respect.
A little reminder
It is important to avoid some usage conflicts. Currently and like every summer, nautical events take place all over the department and beyond its borders. These activities take place regularly on the main axes: Charente river, Sèvre Niortaise, Boutonne, etc. Prescriptions are taken so that cohabitation between all uses remains possible. Respect these recommendations so that everyone in their field can continue to practice their leisure serenely.