Proseguono le sessioni di pesca notturna al pesce siluro nel Parco Naturale dei Laghi di Avigliana. Si tratta di un’attività organizzata dalle Aree Protette delle Alpi Cozie all’interno del Progetto Life Predator per il contenimento del predatore acquatico alieno e invasivo dai bacini d’acqua dolce dell’Europa meridionale.
From Wednesday, June 4 to Friday, June 6, 2025, the Protected Areas of the Cottian Alps participated in the monitoring visit of the Life Predator project, which took place in Portugal along the Tagus River basin. As expected in this type of program, the event was characterized as a technical and practical meeting halfway through the project between the project partners and the body designated by the European Union to oversee the progress of the work.
The evening/night fishing sessions for catfish in the Grande Lake of Avigliana will begin on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 8 PM. From June to October, twice a month, a group of amateur fishermen will be engaged in selective fishing to contain Silurus glanis, the invasive alien species that has been introduced into the freshwater basins of the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park, altering its ecological balance. This activity is part of the Life Predator Project, which aims to contain the spread of the large aquatic predator in the lakes of Southern Europe.
The Life Predator project team has produced the second issue of the newsletter to illustrate the progress of the work.
The project aims to counteract the spread and further introductions of the European catfish Silurus glanis in Southern Europe, where it is an invasive alien species, contributing to the implementation of EU Regulation IAS No. 1143/2014 in the lakes of Southern Europe.