Coypu salt marshes. Local extinction in their native range due to overharvesting led to the development of coypu fur farms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first farms were in Argentina and then later in Europe, North America, and Asia. These farms have generally not been successful long-term investments, and farmed coypu often are released or escape as operations become unprofitable. The first attempt at coypu farming was in France in the early 1880s, but it was not much of a success. The first efficient and extensive coypu farms were located in South America in the 1920s. The
Montserrat (given name) as a given name as is, or sometimes translated as Montserrate or Monserrate (where the final "e" is pronounced /e̞/). Montserrat (given name) Montserrat (, or "Maria Montserrat", after the Virgin of Montserrat, is a popular name for girls in Catalonia and several other parts of Catalan-speaking areas. Indeed, it was the second most common given name for women in Catalonia in 2014, according to the Catalan Statistics Institute. The name is traditionally abbreviated to "Serrat", "Rat", "Rateta", "Tat" or "Tóna", and more recently, due to foreign influence, also to "Monse". April 27th is the Montserrat name day, traditionally celebrated