WATERS OF LIFE
LIFE UNDERWATER
FISH - BIODIVERSITY
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With 79 species, Lake Saint-Pierre is home to nearly 70 % of the freshwater fish species found in Quebec.
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A young Yellow Perch swims among numerous aquatic plants in shallow water.
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Once abundant in Lake Saint-Pierre, Yellow Perch stocks fell drastically at the beginning of the 1990s.
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The Bullhead is easily identified by the several pairs of whiskers that surround its large mouth. This fish is regularly caught in Lake Saint-Pierre. It is an ingredient in gibelotte, a traditional dish of the Lake Saint-Pierre archipelago.
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With its sharp teeth and muscular body, the Northern Pike attacks its prey at surprising speed. This large predator mainly feeds on other fish.
Pike are harvested in both winter and summer.
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In Lake Saint-Pierre, we also find an abundance of small fish, which are preyed on by larger fish.
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There is here a young bass barely the size of a dragonfly larva.
