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Derelict Fishing Gear management
system in the Adriatic Region
Project presentation
Andrej Kržan
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Basic information
Full project name:
Derelict Fishing Gear Management System in the
Adriatic Region
Acronym:
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DeFishGear
Frame: IPA Adriatic CBC Programme, L’Aquila, Italy
IPA: Instrument for pre-accession assistance
Knowledge transfer, harmonization
CBC: Cross border cooperation
Regional – Adriatic sea
Strategic project
Final outcome: strategic
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proposal
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In numbers
Start date November 1 2013
End date March 31 2016
Project length 29 months
Project budget 5.353.765
5 353 765 €
Countries involved 7
Partners involved 16
Associated partners 6
Lead Beneficiary NIC Slovenia
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Partnership
Partner
WP Leader
WP Leader
Coordinator
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Partnership:
LB, FB, AP
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Project focus
DeFishGear focuses on:
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The problem of polluting the sea with
marine litter and the economic impact on
coastal communities
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The monitoring and reduction of the
quantity of microplastics in the marine
environment and their effects on marine
organisms (fish)
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Setting up a system for collection and
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gear,, including
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recycling
the so called ghost nets, and collection of
floating litter and litter from the sea
bottom, caught in the nets while fishing.
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Expected outcomes
• Strategy for reducing marine litter pollution in the
Adriatic Sea
• First assessment of marine litter pollution in the
Adriatic Sea
– Georeferenced
o
data
– Regional database in line with MSDF and INSPIRE
– Socio-economic analysis on ML and pilot projects
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Pilot actions (continuation)
Regional network of experts
Three Regional conferences
Common protocols and new knowledge
– Better knowledge on marine litter pollution
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Program
Start-up
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Capacity buildup
Here now
Monitoring
Communication
Strategy
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Project organization
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WP1/6
• Unavoidable valley of darkness (that makes all
good possible)
– yours truly + team
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WP2/6
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Communicate project content/goals
Networking
Involving stakeholders
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Awareness raising
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WP2 expected outcomes
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Logo
Webpage www.defishgear.net
Facebook site: defishgear
YouTube channel
National Info Day
Video guidelines on marine litter assessment and
on fishing for litter
2 thematic workshops
Seminar on microplastics
Summer school on marine litter issues For more info contact:
Marina Fusco (WP2 Leader)
2 brochures, 2 publications
[email protected]
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WP3/6
• Building on the shoulders of giants
• Stakeholder analysis (by country)
• Ensuring continuation after project end
– ownership
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• Strategy handover
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WP4/6
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Monitoring
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Monitoring
Evaluation of socio-economic effects
ICZM aspects
Formulation of strategic proposal
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WP4 expected outcomes
• Strengthened involvement and participation of regional
marine litter experts in the development of the assessment
methodology and enhanced ownership of the assessment results;
• Increased skills and capacities to perform marine litter monitoring in
the different marine environmental compartments;
• Increased knowledge
g on occurrence, amounts and sources, including
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hotspots, of marine litter in the Adriatic;
• Subregional geo-refernced database;
• Increased knowledge on socio
socio-economic
economic impacts of marine litter in
the Adriatic;
• Enhanced capacities to perform litter monitoring at regional level;
• IImproved
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human activities
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marine
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litter
and strengthened implementation of ICZM, ECAP and MSP, as well as
the MSFD (including the recently adopted Regional Plan on Marine
For more info contact:
Litter Management in the Mediterranean).
Thomais
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Vlachogianni
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(WP4
Leader)
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WP5/6
• Methodology
• Monitoring (min
(min. 2 periods)
– biota analysis
– nanoplastics
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( < 300 μ
μm))
• Formulation of strategic proposals
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WP5 outcomes & results
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Increased skills and capacities to perform microplastics sampling
and analysis;
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Increased knowledge on occurrence
occurrence, amounts,
amounts sources and
effects of microplastics in the Adriatic;
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Increased knowledge on occurrence of ultrafine microplastics in
the Adriatic (surface water & sediment);
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Training + Video guidelines on microplastics sampling/analysis
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Recommendation on regional approach to monitoring and
assessment of microplastics in the marine environment;
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Pilot assessments in sea surface and beach sediment in potential
accumulation
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zones and
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fishing
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areas;
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Pilot assessments in guts of commercially available fish species;
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Pil t assessmentt on riverine
Pilot
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For more info contact:
Andreja Palatinus (WP5 Leader)
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WP6/6
• Derelict fishing gear collection
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Collection points in ports
Agreements with fishermen awareness raising
Ghost net collection at sea Divers
Recycling (Healthy seas initiative, nylon
nylon-6)
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• Fishing for litter
– Valorization – close the loop
• Ownership
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hi + continuation
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– Guidelines for ICZM implementation
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WP6 expected outcomes
Direct results
• reduction of marine litter pollution in the Adriatic coastal
waters
• setting out of a system for collection and recycling of
derelict fishing gear
• collection of floating litter and litter from the sea
bottom including the so called "ghost
bottom,
ghost nets
nets"
• awareness on significance of the problem within the
fishing sector and amongst citizens and policy-makers
• guidelines elaboration for the future ICZM
implementation
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Indirect results
• reach a restoration of coastal marine environments
• improve perception of the marine environment by
fishermen
• influence policy-makers on marine litter management
MOC with Healthy seas initiative signed
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Thank you for your attention
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