Hundreds of dead fish found in a river in Saint-Loup-de-Gonois, France

It is the owner of the mill in the Hague, in Saint-Loup-de-Gonois, which on Thursday gave the alert. “Tens of fish were plated, the belly with air, the grid that protects against a water turbine,” says Lambert. “I have recovered with a dip net. There was everything from rainbow trout rainbow and brown trout, carp, tench, specimens, sometimes several kilos and 40 centimeters long. »

Immediately informed the mayor of the town, Alain Martinez, alerted the authorities before going to browse the banks of the Clery which, in turn, he observed dozens of dead fish. Since then, more than 300 kg of dead fish were recovered and buried by municipal officials.

Technicians interregional delegation of the National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments (ONEMA) would process Friday in samples from several fish for analysis.

Malicious mischief, accidental discharge of a business activity areas of Courtenay or a farm, oil drilling incident?

Elected Township Courtenay wonder and are all the more concerned they have not received information from the sub-prefecture of Montargis.

“We are kept in the dark”

“I do not know how to react,” says Alain Martinez. “Dead fish, it is a warning. It means that the river is polluted and that measures be taken to protect livestock and pets, inform fishermen … But we are bound in total ignorance. »

There is a little over a month of curtiniens fishermen had reported the presence of some dead fish in the Clery, between Courtenay and Saint-Hilaire-les-Andrésis. Since no other such information had been received to fishing companies.