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.

The dissemination of the innovative techniques and excellent results obtained from our project continues on Friday 29 September with the seminar on the management of freshwater fish fauna organized in Ceraso (SA), at the Cilento National Park.

Today in Prague the report on the NatSalMo cryobank was welcomed with great interest by all the participants in the XVII European Congress of Ichthyology. Furthermore, the European Commission complimented Nicolaia Iaffaldano for the high degree of technical innovation and the concrete possibilities of replicability in other contexts.

Some photos from last Saturday’s event in Pontremoli. Thank you all!

The salient phases of the NatSalMo protocol of cryopreservation of native trout sperm in a video pill. Thanks to this innovative technique, the flagship of our project, we are able to preserve the precious genetic resources of these magnificent creatures, contributing to their protection and safeguarding the aquatic ecosystem.

We are off to a great start with the dissemination events: next Saturday 26 August in Pontremoli we will also talk about our project as a virtuous example of protection and conservation of the native trout.

To receive the paper copy, we will have to wait for autumn, when we will start promoting and distributing them in person, but in the meantime our Guidelines are available here:

An exciting adventure in river trekking under the banner of environmental education by NatSalMo the one conducted today by Pierpaolo Gibertoni – Mediterranean Trout Research Group – on the Rio Biola, in the Reggio Apennines. With a large group of 30 boys aged between 7 and 12, Pier explored the fascinating themes of life in…

The dissemination of our project also continues in schools: two meetings in Bojano, at the IISS G. Lombardo Radice, as part of the “River Requalification” module. Let’s go back to August with a swim in the river!