On the evening of Friday, June 26, a new catfish fishing technique was tested in the Avigliana Lakes Natural Park. This scientific activity aims to identify, using a sonar, the largest specimens of Silurus glanis that typically reside in the deeper areas of the lakes.
After the activities of scientific fishing for wels catfish conducted in the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes in April (the report can be found here), a second campaign was carried out in May by the staff of the National Research Council – Water Research Institute (CNR – IRSA) with the support of the park rangers of the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps.
From April 16 to 23, an important session of scientific fishing for wels catfish took place in the Natural Park of the Avigliana Lakes. The operations were conducted by the staff of the National Research Council – Water Research Institute (CNR – IRSA), Coordinator of the Life Predator Project, in which the Protected Areas of the Cozie Alps are partners, to contain the Silurus glanis from the freshwater bodies of southern Europe where it is an invasive alien species.