Descrizione del progetto
Un approccio innovativo per ridurre l’impatto ambientale della pesca
Le attrezzature da pesca rappresentano una minaccia per i nostri mari, mentre le attività legate alla pesca introducono in essi numerosi rifiuti. Il progetto NETTAGPlus, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà tre soluzioni innovative e sostenibili al fine di mitigare gli impatti negativi esercitati dalle attrezzature da pesca sulla vita e sugli habitat marini. Le soluzioni concepite mirano a prevenire i rifiuti marini, a ridurre al minimo la perdita di attrezzature da pesca e a rimuovere quelle che vengono abbandonate. Riducendo la quantità di attrezzature da pesca abbandonate, perse e scartate e diminuendo l’inquinamento marino, il progetto si prefigge di ridurre al minimo l’introduzione di sostanze chimiche pericolose e di microplastiche, nonché di prevenire la «pesca fantasma», per causa della quale specie a rischio rimangono impigliate nelle reti e perdono la vita. NETTAGPlus migliorerà inoltre la mappatura, la localizzazione e il recupero delle tecnologie destinate alle attrezzature da pesca abbandonate, perse e scartate, collaudando queste soluzioni in condizioni reali in vari paesi dell’Atlantico e del Mediterraneo.
Obiettivo
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 ActionsCoordinatore
4450 208 Matosinhos
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