Fishing and Ocean Canada warns against invasive aquatic species in Outaouais

A awareness tour against invasive aquatic species (EAE) was organized at the weekend in Masham. Meanwhile, Fishing and Oceans Canada was on site to demonstrate good boats cleaning practices.

The Bas-Saint-Laurent and Outaouais sectors were particularly targeted this year in Quebec.

Andréanne Demers. main biologist with invasive aquatic species with peaches and Oceans Canada, thinks that washing boats is a gesture of primordial prevention:

The biologist recalls that EAEs are not always visible to the naked fishing ocean canada warns against eye. It can be microscopic plankton, such as the thorny cladocère discovered in 2024 in the baskatong.

Fishing. Ocean Canada wants to prevent the appearance of the zebra mold in certain lakes from the Outaouais capable of providing this mollusk with the calcium it needs:

The zebra mold managed to set up in the Memphremagog lakes in Estrie. Témiscouata in Bas-Saint-Laurent.

According to Andréanne Demers. many of the EAEs were introduced in Canada by the ballast waters present in the ships crossing the oceans. The prevention. tightening of the regulations have made it possible to slow down their dissemination, but the guard should not be lowered.