An article about project published in local newspaper
12/07/2024
An article about project FishNoWaste published in local newspaper.
Croatian and Italian partners are implementing a waste management project in the fishing ports of Adriatic Sea to promote sustainable fishing.It is about FishNoWaste project, which aims to develop a synergistic startegy for the comprehensive collection of such waste that is general in trawl fishing and disposed of in fishing ports.
Due to its partially closed nature, the socioeconomic importance of fishing, as well as numerous fishing ports along the coast, the Adriatic Sea is particularly sensitive to pollution by waste from fishing activities.Fishing ports are places where significant amounts of various types of waste are dumped; in addition to marine waste, there is also other waste, such as communal, bulky waste, and waste oils, filters, batteries, oily rags and others.
By collecting data on the types, compostion and quantities of waste disposed of in fishing ports (with special emphasis on plastic), the intintention is to improve, protocols for its management, including reuseand recycling, through the delelopment and implementation of good practices and innovative techniques and materials, including key stakeholders related to fishing, including the fishermen themselves - said Dr. Pero Tutman from the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Split.
In addition to the Institute, the Croatian partners are: PI RERA S.D. for coordination and development, the association for nature, environment and sustainable development Sunce and the Split Port Authority, while from Italian side: the leading partner is ISPRA (Institute for Enviromental Protection and Research) and Cooperative M.A.R.E.S.c. and r.l. with associate partner Comune di Rimini Company for Public Services and in Chioggia and Workers of the Sea Cooperative.
The project will connect research institutions, fishing associations, fishmongers and port authorities, state administration bodies, local self-government and non-governmental organizations form Italy and Croatia with the goals of comprehensive monitoring of waste collected during fishing activities and that generated in fishing ports, replacement of plastic infishing vessels and ports environmentally compatible reusable materials, implementing a circural model of waste management, conducting a broad communication and information dissemination campaign on the importance of proper waste management and providing advice on strategic management and policy on these issues.The project’s network of partners and stakeholders will form the basis for an effective basin-wide marine litter reduction strategy.
The project will continue the activities started with the previous DeFishGear and ML-REPAIR projects to collect data on passively caught waste during trawl fishing (marine waste) and thus reduce its impact on the ecosystem of the Adriatic Sea.
Special attention will be paid to the pilot activities of replacing polystyrene cassettes for fishing catches with those that can be recycled; a further improved strategy for waste disposal through a circural economy model with the participation of fishermen, fish shops and ports; communication to promote sustainable waste management; as well as providing expert legislative recommendations.
What will be particulary interesting includes analyzing and comparing solutions already used in fishing ports to reduce waste, including plastic and improving the implementation of the principles of reuse and recycling - says Dr. Pero Tutman.
Ultimately, new solutions for waste management related to fishing will be proposed and those already in place will be improved, and fishermen and students in Croatian and Italian high schools and colleges will be included in the education.
In Croatia, the fishing port of Brižine from Kaštel Sućurac and the fishing port of Tribunj are included in the project in cooperation with the fishing cooperative Friška Riba and the fishing cooperative Adria.
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