Le saumon, un poisson convoité
Under Ancien Regime, the fishing of salmon, very regulated, was a nobiliary privilege. Certain files confirm its abundance and that as of XVIth century. Noble fish pre-eminently, his flesh was very estimated and its price made luxurious dish of it. On the markets, its principal competitors were the...
Published in: | Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | French |
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Presses universitaires de Rennes
2001
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/abpo.1695 http://journals.openedition.org/abpo/1695 |
Summary: | Under Ancien Regime, the fishing of salmon, very regulated, was a nobiliary privilege. Certain files confirm its abundance and that as of XVIth century. Noble fish pre-eminently, his flesh was very estimated and its price made luxurious dish of it. On the markets, its principal competitors were the pike and especially the turbot. Its fishing was rented and the trade of its flesh got pretty profits. But the salmon was also a coveted fish. It was the subject of an endemic poaching. The poachers were not only the poor. Certain lords, by pure jealousy, did not hesitate to elect their employees to achieve their misdeeds. Sometimes dreaded bus violent one an dangerous, they enjoyed the complicity of an apprehensive vicinity. Sous l’Ancien Régime, la pêche du saumon, trés réglementée, était un privilège seigneurial. Certaines sources confirment son abondance et cela dès le XVIe siècle. Poisson royal par excellence, sa chair était trés estimée et son prix en faisait un met luxueux. Sur les marchés, ses principaux concurrents étaient le brochet et surtout le turbot. Sa pêche était louée et le commerce de sa chair procurait de jolis profits. Mais le caractère exceptionnel de ce poisson en faisait une espèce convoitée. Tous ces facteurs expliquent le caractère endémique du braconnage. Les braconniers opéraient de jour comme de nuit, en bande ou seul, en toute impunité. Délit de proximité par excellence, le braconnage n’était pas que l’apanage des plus pauvres. Certains seigneurs, par pure jalousie, n’hésitaient pas à mandater leurs valets pour accomplir leurs méfaits. Parfois redoutés, car violents et dangereux, les braconniers jouissaient de la complicité d’un voisinage craintif. |
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