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In the course of 2025, the park rangers of the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps increased daytime and nighttime monitoring activities regarding fishing in the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes, issuing sanctions and carrying out seizures of prohibited equipment. However, beyond the repressive nature of the work carried out, the goal remains the prevention of illegal behaviors to protect those who respect laws and regulations and, above all, to defend a common heritage that belongs to everyone: the environment.

On Monday, October 29, 2025, professional fishing activities began for the containment of the catfish in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park. The initiative is one of the actions of the Life Predator project, of which the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps are partners, aimed at containing the Silurus glanis, the aquatic predator that represents an invasive alien species in the freshwater basins of Southern Europe.

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 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.