Can continue theselective killing of cormorants, a protected species which, however, proliferates in the Trentino lakes, killing local fish species, in particular the marble trout. This was established on Tar of Trento rejecting the appeal presented by Lipu, WWF and Pan Eppa who asked for the cancellation of the resolution with which the Province extended the control plan of the cormorant for the five-year period 2020-2025. The regular presence of Phalacrocorax carbo L. has been recorded in Trentino since 1993. Today it is estimated that the population exceeds 600 units. "The scientific literature of the sector - specifies the ruling - estimates the daily collection of fish mass by a single cormorant to be approximately 450 grams and this data involves, in the Trentino area, a significant impact on native fish species of particular value, such as the marble trout, as well as the grayling.
Especially the populations of marble trout in fact they have undergone a significant contraction over time, no longer reaching the numerical values of twenty years ago ». Since 2005 the Province has activated the control by derogation of the cormorant. "Taking into account the opinions expressed by theProvincial wildlife observatory and ISPRA, the director of the Forestry and Wildlife Service formalized to the Provincial Government the proposal (accepted, ed) for the adoption of the derogation regime for the cormorant due to the need to protect the marble trout ».
The measure allows a maximum quota to be cut down equal to 120 cormorants. The appeals of environmental associations, which complain about the violation of the EU directive on birds, have been rejected. «The evaluation about the absence of other satisfactory solutions operated by the Province - the judges write - is completely balanced.
It is hardly necessary to point out that the abatement is not only reinforcing the dissuasion actions, but that the dissuasive and levy measures contemplated accompany other significant actions undertaken in order to restore the habitat of the marble trout ». In conclusion - argues the TAR in an articulated sentence - "the contested measures, which implement a balanced balancing of the competing interests involved, for the protection of the protected species of the cormorant and fish species present in the Trentino area, resist all the complaints raised by the appeal, which must consequently be rejected "(The Adige).