EN IMAGES. Impressive fish caught in the Canal du Midi, in Toulouse
Through Quentin Marais
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impressive fish were fished out of the Canal du Midi, Toulouse. The operation was carried out on Wednesday January 25 and Thursday January 26, 2023 in the Pink City and gave rise to images sometimes… striking !
A rescue fishery
It was the services of the Departmental Federation of Fishing and Protection of Aquatic Environments in the Haute-Garonne that carried out this “rescue fishing of the Minimes lock and the Béarnais reach“. The reaches are spaces located between two locks. They must be emptied regularly, in particular to pick up the objects that are thrown into the canal. In November 2021, the reach of Lacourtensurt had been dried up and the federation had carried out rescue fishing in the side channel: 1 ton of fish had then been moved to the forebay.
huge fish
At the end of November, the fishing had resulted in a large quantity of fish caught. Some were impressive in size. Two months later, the departmental fishing federation a fact the same observationsupporting photos.
” Beautiful subjects were at the rendezvous »she reacted toToulouse news. Fish that are as impressive as they are voluminous have been caught.
![Rescue fishing was successful in Toulouse.](https://static.actu.fr/uploads/2023/01/received-962477958055001.jpeg)
Carp, catfish, bream…
The ten people who worked for this rescue fishery were equipped accordingly. Carp, catfish and bream to name but a few: the species of fish fished out, by the hundreds of kilos, are diverse and varied.
![A well-equipped contingent was there on Wednesday January 25 and Thursday January 26, 2023.](https://static.actu.fr/uploads/2023/01/received-903203577359954.jpeg)
![Multiple species were fished out during this operation.](https://static.actu.fr/uploads/2023/01/received-561652769186378.jpeg)
![The Canal du Midi is home to a lot of fish in its waters.](https://static.actu.fr/uploads/2023/01/received-897865861532793.jpeg)
![At the Canal du Midi, the fish smoke their ease...](https://static.actu.fr/uploads/2023/01/received-1860909187576122.jpeg)
![Several hundred kilos of fish were fished out in Toulouse.](https://static.actu.fr/uploads/2023/01/received-1302825257166568.jpeg)
As is the case during these fisheries, like the one carried out last November, the fish are then rejected in the reaches downstream and upstream.
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