Evaluate the Abundance of American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) and Act on the Connectivity of their Habitats, on the North Coast of the Gulf | Évaluer l’abondance des anguilles d’Amérique (Anguilla rostrata) et agir sur la connectivité de leurs habitats, sur la Côte-Nord du Golfe

To do this, a project with two objectives was set up for the years 2024-2025 in order to begin the process, namely: (1) validate the presence of eels in rivers with impassable obstacles and characterize these obstacles and the habitat upstream; (2) design migration passes adapted to eels at selected dams.

An inventory and characterization of obstacles to migration were thus made at the Riverin River (*MRC de Sept-Rivières*) and at the Sheldrake River (*MRC de Minganie*) in July and August 2024. Following the inventories, an external firm was commissioned to propose potential migration passes adapted to eel on the Riverin River. Le Comité Zone d’Intervention Prioritaire Côte-Nord du Golfe (ZIP CNG) a décidé d’intervenir afin de participer au rétablissement de la connectivité de l’habitat de l’anguille sur la Côte-Nord.