The impossible government of migration? Local management of global cash: amphihaline migrators (European eel and Atlantic salmon) ; L'impossible gouvernement de la migration ? Gestions locales d'espèces globales : les migrateurs amphihalins (anguille européenne et saumon atlantique)
This article looks at the modes of government of two species of highly migratory amphihalin fish: European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Based on a long ethnographic survey, this text proposes to analyse the arrangements of the governments of fisheries and stocks in continental (western France) and ultramarine (Archipel de Saint-Pierre and Miquelon), demonstrating the globalisation faced by these species and their catch and consumption sectors. Species in decline, their protection was put on the top of the agenda in the second half of the 20th century, but problems emerge much earlier. Contemporary public action is therefore closely concerned with these two species, and seeks to develop appropriate public policies through various instruments. But these policies are often based on pre-existing policies, rather than drawing inspiration from other forms of government, which are now highlighted outside Western politics by an increasing variety of actors. ; International audience This article looks at the governance of two highly migratory fish species: European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Based on a long ethnographic field survey, this paper proposes to analyse the modalities of fisheries and stock governments in continental and ultramarine Europe (Western France and French Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Archipelago), demonstrating the globalisation faced by these species and their catch and consumption chains. As declining species, their protection was put at the top of the agenda in the second half of the 20th century, but problems appeared much earlier. Contemporary public action is therefore taking a close interest in these two species, and is trying to put in place, using various instruments, appropriate public policies. But these policies are often based on pre-existing policies, instead of being inspired by other modes of government, which are now being promoted outside the western political field by a growing diversity of actors. ; This article looks at ...