Description du projet
Une approche innovante pour réduire l’impact environnemental de la pêche
Les engins de pêche constituent une menace pour nos mers tandis que les activités de pêche génèrent des déchets marins. Le projet NETTAGPlus, financé par l’UE, développera trois solutions innovantes et durables destinées à atténuer les impacts nuisibles des engins de pêche sur la vie et les habitats marins. Ces solutions visent à lutter contre la prolifération de déchets marins, à minimiser les pertes d’engins de pêche et à enlever les engins de pêche abandonnés. En réduisant la quantité d’engins de pêche abandonnés, perdus et rejetés (ALDFG) et en diminuant la pollution marine, le projet entend minimiser l’introduction de produits chimiques dangereux et de microplastiques, et à empêcher la pêche fantôme et la capture d’espèces menacées. De plus, il améliorera la cartographie, le suivi et la recherche des technologies ALDFG. NETTAGPlus testera ces solutions en conditions réelles dans divers pays de l’Atlantique et de la région méditerranéenne.
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NETTAG+ aims to provide a portfolio of three suitable innovative smart and sustainable solutions to address the negative impacts of fishing gears on marine life and habitats, in line with the second issue of the call “Environmental impacts of fishing gears”. NETTAG+ will be based on synergistic activities between the fisheries industry, scientists and NGOs to develop three solutions to PREVENT, AVOID and MITIGATE the harmful impacts of fishing gears. We will PREVENT marine litter derived from fisheries activities, AVOID loss of fishing gears, and MITIGATE harmful impact by removing existing ALDFG. These three solutions will jointly contribute to reduce ALDFG and marine pollution, namely by: reducing the introduction of hazardous chemicals and microplastics originated from ALDFG; reducing ghost fishing, bycatch and entanglements of sensitive or endangered species on ALDFG; and improving mapping, tracking and recovery technologies to retrieve ALDFG. NETTAG+ aims to upgrade and upscale the integrative preventive approach started in the previous NetTag project, and replicate it in Mediterranean regions. The three solutions will be developed to maturity (TRL 7-8) by the end of the project, and will be tested, validated and demonstrated in real conditions in Atlantic and Mediterranean countries, namely Portugal (PT), United Kingdom (UK), Spain (SP), Italy (IT), Croatia (HR) and Malta (MT). NETTAG+ ambition is to change the paradigm of the fisheries industry, aspiring to transform the societal perspectives about the role of fishers as Guardians and Cleaners of the Ocean. NETTAG+ will empower the sector to take active actions to address marine pollution, promoting their role as key-actors to tackle marine pollution, and will will provide the fisheries industry with three smart and environmentally-friendly solutions to reduce ALDFG and prevent the environmental impacts of fishing gears.
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
4450 208 Matosinhos
Portugal