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| Dato | Valore |
|---|---|
| Title | The Italian Alpine and Subalpine trouts: Taxonomy, Evolution, and Conservation |
| Abstract | During the last 150 years, the trout-culture industry focused on enhancing trout populations by stocking, in response to the growing anglers’ demand and the habitat degradation associated to the rapid urbanization and hydropower development. The industrialized north of Italy, home to the Italian Alpine and subalpine trout populations, is the source of most of the revenues of the national trout-culture industry. Its rapid growth, and the massive introduction of non-native interfertile trouts eroded the genetic diversity of native lineages, leading to harsh confrontations between scientists, institutions, and sportfishing associations. We review here the state of the art of the taxonomy and distribution of the northern Italian native trouts, presenting both scientific results and historical documentation. We think the only native trouts in this region are Salmo marmoratus, widespread in this region, plus small and fragmented populations of S. ghigii, present only in the South-western Alps. We strongly recommend the interruption of stocking of domesticated interfertile non-native trouts in this area, and recommend the adoption of Evolutionary Significant Units for salmonid fishery management. We further propose future research directions for a sustainable approach to the conservation and ecosystem management of the fishery resources and inland waters of northern Italy. |
| Source | Biology (Basel) 11 (4), pp. 576 |
| Keywords | recreational fisheriesfishery managementintrogressive hybridizationstockingnon-native speciesallochtonous speciestrout fishingtrout taxonomy |
| Journal | Biology (Basel) |
| Editor | MDPI, Basel, |
| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.3390/biology11040576 |
| Authors | Polgar, Gianluca and Iaia, Mattia and Righi, Tommaso and Volta, Pietro |
| Text | 466295 2022 10.3390/biology11040576 recreational fisheries fishery management introgressive hybridization stocking non native species allochtonous species trout fishing trout taxonomy The Italian Alpine and Subalpine trouts Taxonomy, Evolution, and Conservation Polgar, Gianluca and Iaia, Mattia and Righi, Tommaso and Volta, Pietro CNR IRSA During the last 150 years, the trout culture industry focused on enhancing trout populations by stocking, in response to the growing anglers rsquo; demand and the habitat degradation associated to the rapid urbanization and hydropower development. The industrialized north of Italy, home to the Italian Alpine and subalpine trout populations, is the source of most of the revenues of the national trout culture industry. Its rapid growth, and the massive introduction of non native interfertile trouts eroded the genetic diversity of native lineages, leading to harsh confrontations between scientists, institutions, and sportfishing associations. We review here the state of the art of the taxonomy and distribution of the northern Italian native trouts, presenting both scientific results and historical documentation. We think the only native trouts in this region are Salmo marmoratus, widespread in this region, plus small and fragmented populations of S. ghigii, present only in the South western Alps. We strongly recommend the interruption of stocking of domesticated interfertile non native trouts in this area, and recommend the adoption of Evolutionary Significant Units for salmonid fishery management. We further propose future research directions for a sustainable approach to the conservation and ecosystem management of the fishery resources and inland waters of northern Italy. 11 Published version https //www.mdpi.com/2079 7737/11/4/576 Articolo in rivista MDPI 2079 7737 Biology Basel Biology Basel Biology Basel Biology. Basel mattiaiaia IAIA MATTIA POLGAR GIANLUCA RIGHI TOMMASO pietro.volta VOLTA PIETRO |