Today was a day of monitoring on some sections of the Volturno tributaries where, in recent years, we had carried out eradication and sowing actions with cocooning. In addition to a high number of 2+ individuals, we found many 0+ fry, i.e. those produced in the first reproduction of 2-year-old primiparous fish. And tomorrow we…

Natsalmo protocol for cryopreservation of Mediterranean trout semen at the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Food – Unimol.

Today on the Rio Caprionero some students from the Unimol Agricultural Sciences Aquaculture course joined us for a field exercise. Other Mediterranean trout individuals were sampled thanks also to the invaluable help of Cristian Caruso, always very helpful and capable.

This morning on San Nazzaro the NatSalMo activities for the capture of Mediterranean trout broodstock restarted for the collection of the semen that will implement the doses of the cryobank.

Antonio Nicoletti, National Manager of Protected Areas and Biodiversity of Legambiente, presented our project at the XII National Table of River Contracts, held between yesterday and today in Naples.

The update of the IUCN Red List presented last Monday at COP28 in Dubai contains the first complete assessment of the world’s freshwater fish species: to date 𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗶 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗼 𝗱𝗶 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲.

In our project the support of the fishermen was of fundamental importance, their help invaluable. Even today they are our “eye” on the rivers: thanks to Michele Castaldi (FIPSAS Isernia) and Giovanni Peluso (Associazione Amici del Volturno) for these beautiful photos “live” from the Volturno.

This morning, at around 10.25am, an excellent report edited by Cristina Petrucci on the technical innovations of our project was broadcast on SpazioLibero, on the national Rai3. Filmed last March, on the occasion of the final event, the report illustrates the fundamental actions of LIFE NatsalMo through interviews with the protagonists: Nicolaia Iaffaldano, Unimol, Project…

The Regional Assembly of the National Table of River Contracts has just concluded in Campobasso, convened to take stock of the current situation in Molise and to set out the future objectives of sustainable local development. Speaking for NatSalMo were Nicolaia Iaffaldano, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Food – Unimol, Andrea De Marco, President of…

The seminar on the management of freshwater fish fauna organized in Ceraso attracted a large audience of enthusiasts, sector experts and interested citizens. We are grateful to Regione Campania and Fipsas Salerno for inviting us and to Pierpaolo Gibertoni for his detailed presentation of our project.