Translate the following English sentence to French:
"If shellfish gatherers were to wait for carpetshells to reach this size, mortality would be considerable and such loss would be due to environmental conditions and not to the women' s actions."
Si les pêcheuses attendent que la clovisse atteigne cette taille, le taux de mortalité sera énorme, et il ne faudra pas les blâmer elles, mais bien les conditions environnementales.