Tavoletta: “An initiative by Acli Terra for a commitment aimed at knowledge and awareness of a sustainable and economically positive outlet for operators, raising awareness of institutions and gastronomic use”
In Varese, Acli Terra Varesewith the regional president of Lombardy, Filippo Pinzone organize for the next June 19th at 8pma first presentation and tasting in the territory of the ‘Lion Fish’, the lion fish, the alien species that is spreading from the Americas through the Suez Canal to our Mediterranean Sea.
After the invasion of the blue crab which affected our country, which can also be used tastefully in a gastronomic sense, In fact, Acli Terra has also raised the alarm about the Lion Fish for several weeks.
Acli Terra raises awareness and mobilizes, therefore, with an ad hoc information and knowledge campaign aimed at fishing operators, trade associations and institutions on the imminent arrival in our seas of the new alien fish, already present in Greece and Turkey, in full collaboration with the international environmental association Elafonisos Ecoalready in Rome in the recent cooking presentation of the national Acli Terra, with its representative Katerina Kokkinaki.
In Varese this technical-scientific information and tasting evening of Lionfish will point the way to a positive path towards marketing by fishermen, use in restaurants and consumption by families.
The promoter of the campaign, the national president of Acli Terra, Nicola Tavoletta stated: “First in Italy, with these initiatives we intend to provide a possible positive response, in the face of the certain damage that will be caused to fishermen and operators in the fishing world, by the arrival of this voracious fish, also called scorpion fish, but tasty and similar to the scorpion fish, which however reproduces very quickly and can devour small fish weighing up to more than 7 times its weight. As Acli Terra we are committed to preventing future damage with realistic action for a sustainable and economically positive outlet for operators, raising awareness among institutions and the gastronomic use of Lion Fish”.
