A new scientific fishing campaign took place between August 7-11, on the Gilort River and its tributaries: Galbenu, Blahnita and Ciocadia. The project team involved in this action was coordinated by the specialist in ichthyology, Dr. Adrian Ionașcu. Scientific fishing represents an extremely important stage that is the basis of the monitoring of the fish and macroinvertebrate population, after the implementation of the ecological reconstruction measures on the Gilort River. The scientific fishing campaign was carried out by electrofishing and releasing the captured specimens. The team involved in this extremely laborious and demanding activity spent around ...
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The Fish For Life project visited by Erasmus students
The Fish For Life project had as visitors a group of 19 Romanian and Spanish students and teachers, participants in the Erasmus Program of the European Union. They visited the passage from Târgu Cărbunești, but also the areas where plantings were made along the Gilort, in Bengești-Ciocadia Commune. Members of the project team spoke to the guests about the role of fish passages in restoring river connectivity, but also about the importance of planting certain tree species in stabilizing the banks and creating the necessary habitats for the reproduction of fish species. On this occasion, the visitors also participated ...
The most beautiful places on Gilort
Through conservation efforts in the Gilort River Natura 2000 site, we want to build a community of nature lovers along the Gilort and Galbenul rivers together with you. In addition to the specific conservation activities within the Fish for Life project, the construction of migration passages for fish, the restoration of riparian corridors by planting trees along the river or the arrangement of microhabitats in the minor river bed, we aim to revive local pride and the desire to change in well where we live. The local stories, the history of the fishing parties on the rivers of the Gilort basin
Works in progress
As we announced in a series of previous articles, but also on the project's Facebook page, in the area of the Gilort River Natura 2000 site, a series of afforestation and ecological reconstruction works are being carried out as part of the Fish For Life project. Thus, on November 10, the works aimed at planting saplings on the banks of the Gilort river, in the area of the Bengești-Ciocadia commune, were started. The objectives of these afforestation activities are to restore the connectivity of the riparian forests along the river and ensure the stabilization of the banks and the creation of buffer strips. Among the species used are ...
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