In December, the semen collection of the native Mediterranean trout individuals on the Volturno River began. Here in particular the staff is on the Lorda, here are the first images:

Our technical-scientific staff has spent the last few weeks on the Volturno to install the cages necessary for the capture of the males going up to the breeding sites. In the video, some specimens captured and sampled:

On the Adriatic side, the substantial stability of the Biferno in recent seasons has favored a natural increase in the youth stadiums, which our technical staff has found in large numbers even at the mouth of those small spring streams that had been identified as suitable sites for the enhancement of reproductive capabilities. One above…

The samplings for monitoring the results of the last breeding season in the Volturno river have ended. Now in the Unimol laboratories, the scientific staff is preparing to process the samples taken and to process the results of the genetic analyzes, ready in a few months: however, we can already anticipate something … On the…

The genetic analyzes of the first year of the project had revealed, in some peripheral basins of the Volturno River, the presence of resident (non-migratory) populations with a discrete component of indigenous genetics. We are now continuing these investigations to discover, before the breeding season, the possible presence of pure source populations to be used…

In recent weeks we have carried out monitoring in the Biferno basin in Santa Maria del Molise (Rio Santa Maria), where we had placed artificial nests last spring. Here are some of the individuals from whom tissue samples were taken for DNA analysis. The numerous parr spots (narrow and elongated), typical of Mediterranean trout, bode…

Here are the trout from Volturno, the result of spring sowing and a lot of commitment and passion on the part of the project staff!