Today in Bojano, for the first in situ fertilization of the Biferno breeding season with cryobank seed.
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Volturno: in situ fertilization with cryopreserved semen
Yesterday we obtained about 200 eggs from a small female of the Caprionero, which we divided into aliquots and fertilized with the sperm of 4 males from the cryobank.
In the Volturno river
During our outings in the Volturno, we intercepted splendid adult individuals of Mediterranean trout.
River Contracts – TG Rai interview with the President of Legambiente Molise
Andrea de Marco, President of Legambiente Molise APS, interviewed by TGR Molise on the River Contracts, tools of understanding between institutions and associations for the protection of endangered species, but also for the implementation of sustainable interventions on the territory. https://www.rainews.it/tgr/molise/video/2022/12/contratti-di-fiume-la-strada-per-la-tutela-della-biodiversit-1968baaf-f619-4b8c-b2fe-322d9c615138.html
Happy new year!
Let’s start the new year well with this wonderful male photographed by Stefano Esposito (MTRG) looking for reproducers in Carpinone.
Educational visit to the Rocchetta hatchery
Today the Rocchetta a Volturno hatchery hosted the didactic visit of the Aquaculture course held by Prof. Nicolaia Iaffaldano of the UniMol Department of Agriculture, Environment and Food. During the day, the students were able to witness live all the phases of the cryopreservation protocol.
NatSalMo at the 6th winter contest on the Volturno
On Sunday 18 December 2022, our Stefano Esposito (Mediterranean Trout Research Group) also participated in the sixth edition of the winter contest “The flies of the Volturno” organized by “Amici del Volturno e dei sue tributari”, invited to illustrate the actions and results of the our project. Between LIFE NatSalMo and the Volturno fishermen, in fact,…
The reproductive season on the Volturno has restarted
Even if today is Sunday, the NatSalMo technical-scientific staff is still at work on the Volturno River for the first catches of Mediterranean trout spawners. A little while ago, at “I 25 archi”, a splendid specimen of mature female allowed us to obtain 4 quotas of eggs which were fertilized in situ with the fresh semen…
Environmental education activities dedicated to Molise students restarted
On 7 December in Ripalimosani at the Dante Alighieri Comprehensive Institute, while on 13th in Campobasso with the children of the V B: thus the environmental education activities dedicated to Molise students restarted.
The NatSalMo photo of Valeria Scrilatti at MAXXI
Here it is finally revealed the amazing photo of Valeria Scrilatti, exhibited at MAXXI, which immortalizes our cryobank! Contrasto’s collective exhibition “Climate Change Italy: from the drought crisis to the melting of glaciers, loss of biodiversity, energy communities and circular economy”, you can admire it Rome until 8 January.