Trout by Mickaël Recchione
The fresh barrel fish farm has been established in Xertigny in the Vosges since 1947. Suffice to say that it is a monument. Excavated monument, made of linked basins, housed in the heart of a valley crossed by the Cône stream, within the Ballons des Vosges regional natural park.
Mickaël Recchione, fish farmer
The encounter with Mickaël Recchione and this place happened as naturally as childhood takes the high roads. By bike, of course, after school and during vacations. The neighbor was coming. Still around. The love of fishing , the love of the place, the taste for a helping hand led him to spend most of his time there. So much so that in 2006, it was obvious, it was to him – and only to him – that his predecessors proposed the deal.
Exemplary ponds, clean fish farming
Trout and char farming benefit from optimal temperatures in this deep and shaded valley. With a minimum flow rate of 200 liters per second, the pools are permanently oxygenated and regenerated. In this fish farm, no antibiotics and an exemplary diet, 100% natural and French . It is in this well-maintained space, well known in the Vosges region, that Cella selects with Mickaël Recchione the marvelous rainbow trout, which will be cold smoked in Vosges beech wood, using string . 100% artisanal work.
A place of reunion
The fresh barrel pools are a place for family celebrations. A dream postcard of an afternoon with rolled up sleeves and uncertain cane stroke. Everyone meets there when the sun comes back to taste some grilled meats, go fishing with the family with a lemonade shandy or spend a quiet, cool day watching the lucky guys work miracles. The place vibrates with this tavern spirit . If you come to the area, go there, you will have a memorable and happy time. The fish farmer attracts and develops his activity with direct sales and the diversification of his products: in addition to fresh trout that can be grilled in summer on the barbecue, smoked trout , with dense and firm flesh, are now available. tasty trout roe .
Concern for the local environment on a daily basis
On the energy side, Mickaël Recchione succeeds in producing his own electricity for the entire site and as for the local environment, the fish farmer works every year with the approved fishing and aquatic environment protection association of Remiremont to ' introduction of rainbow trout fry into the Vosges rivers . On March 11, no less than 300 kilos of fry from its ponds left to reach the open waters of the department.
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