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Are there still rivers for migratory fish?

Registration is now open (in French only)

  • 16 December from 4pm to 6pm: Axe Vienne Creuse Gartempe – Hydroelectricity or Refuge for Migratory Fish ?

Registration (in French only)

The Creuse has been identified as a key area for migratory fish in the context of climate change. Restoring watercourses and water quality, removing pressures, reconnecting rivers and providing access to refuge areas will facilitate the resilience of watercourses and the return of migratory fish to our rivers.
However, due to the energy transition in particular, there has been an increase in projects to equip weirs with micro-hydroelectric power stations, perpetuating the fragmentation of waterways on strategic routes.
Can these rivers be both sources of hydroelectric power and refuges for biodiversity and endangered migratory fish?
Should we sacrifice biodiversity and water quality in the name of renewable energy, or demand radical solutions to restore the free movement of species and the health of our rivers?

 

Programme : 1h de présentations, 1h round table , Q&A 

by ERN-SOS Loire Vivante (Roberto Epple, Président, Corinne Ronot, Co-directrice)

Speakers

  • Bruno Bordeau, Président LOGRAMI : L’axe Vienne-Creuse-Gartempe, un refuge pour les poissons migrateurs ?
  • André Berne, Avocat du barreau de Paris : Le droit français au secours de la biodiversité ou de la production d’énergie renouvelable ?

Table ronde / Questions – réponses 

  • Gilles Deguet, représentant FNE au comité de bassin Loire Bretagne
  • Bruno Barbey, Directeur FDAAPPMA 36
  • Joël Herbach, Président Allier Sauvage
  • Lionel Martin, Président de la Fédération de Pêche de la Haute Loire
  • un représentant du secteur de la production hydroélectrique (sous réserve)

Fontgombault (in operation), Bénavent, Saint-Gaultier, Ruffec – the number of micro-power projects on the Creuse River continues to grow

At the end of October, the investigating commissioner issued a favorable opinion on the project to authorize the Moulin de Bénavent hydroelectric power station, brushing aside the five opinions of environmental protection associations, experts in the field of water and rivers. They had demonstrated that the project did not meet the challenges of restoring ecological continuity and migratory fish on a river classified as a priority axis and biological reservoir by the SDAGE and the national biodiversity strategy. Despite all the existing literature on the impact of weirs and received ideas, we can still read in the conclusions of the report that the structure “will protect the homes of towns and villages located downstream from the mill”!

Read the report of Bénavent public enquiry (french)

Read our views on the projects Bénavent, Saint- Gaultier (french)