In these hot days of midsummer, the project does not stop: in fact, the construction of the fish passage near a bridle on the Rio Santa Maria, in Bojano has just finished. The study of the movements of native trout in the Biferno basin has shown us that large breeders need the greatest freedom…
19 Jul
Completed the works on the Rio Caprionero
The Caprionero stream is an important tributary of the Volturno river, where native trout usually go to reproduce. As is known, near Sant’Eusanio, it was interrupted in its continuity by a waterfall of about one meter jump and by an artificial section in reinforced concrete box without any shelter for the ascent of the fish…
09 Jul
NatSalMo to the children
Last Friday, the second NatSalMo appointment dedicated to young people was held at the Galassport sports center in Campobasso, as part of the summer camps organized by the structure’s educators. During the meeting, through the projection of images and the game, the objectives of the project were first explained, after which various issues were addressed…
22 Jun
Nat.Sal.Mo. in local schools
The Covid-19 pandemic and the various consequent lockdowns had kept us away from schools, forcing us to completely reshape the training offer that we had planned at the beginning of the project. But we managed to do something, even if with great difficulty, and the result makes us very proud. On April 16, in fact,…
17 Jun
Scientific Paper published on MDPI – Animals: Genotyping of Two Mediterranean Trout Populations in Central-Southern Italy for Conservation Purposes Using a Rainbow-Trout-Derived SNP Array
Simple Summary Mediterranean trout is one of the most threatened freshwater fish at risk of extinction. A complex pattern of climatic and anthropogenic pressures has dramatically compromised its biodiversity. In particular, the introduction of non-native trout represents one of the most important threats with negative impact on intraspecific diversity of native populations. The introgressive hybridization…
05 Jun
World Environment Day 2021
The theme of this year’s Environment Day is the “Restoration of Ecosystems”, with the aim of preventing, stopping and reversing the damage inflicted on the planet’s ecosystems, thus trying to move from the exploitation of nature to its healing. And with World Environment Day 2021, the United Nations officially launches the United Nations Decade for…
26 May
The mimicry of the trout of Molise
The river habitat is pure dynamism. Nothing stands still. The play of light and shadow, of dazzling reflections and shady branches, creates the dynamic background within which the trout live. And the speckling and zebra pattern of the Molise trout is not only to be read in a static way, because depending on the colors…
14 May
LIFE NatSalMo at Agri_For_Food
Agri_For_Food 2021, the scientific orientation and study initiative conceived by Unimol for the promotion of degree courses in “green sciences”, ended yesterday with the awarding of innovative ideas in the agri-food and forestry sectors, Now in its third edition, on 12 May it also hosted our project, objectives, activities, and the results of which were…
29 Apr
Males guarding reproduction bed at the sources of the Biferno
At the sources of the Biferno, among the tufts of aquatic plants, the trout dig their own beds of scrub, bringing to light the white gravel. The individuals seen in the video are mostly males manning the breeding site and fighting for the best position while waiting for the female. The female is present and…
12 Apr
Searching for male breeding specimens
Sometimes we go in search of reproducers through the electro-fishing. This happens, for example, in the side courses of the Volturno where it is not possible to anchor fixed capture stations due to the high risk of floods. During these activities we go both in search of marked specimens and specimens to tag, in order…