FishNoWaste: united for a sustainable Adriatic Sea

For the third consecutive year, the scientific community, public institutions, and Adriatic fisheries stakeholders are gathering at ECOMONDO to share and discuss open issues related to the sustainable management of marine litter, caught or produced in Adriatic fishing ports. Best practices developed in fishing ports, validated pilot experiences transferable to other port contexts, and environmental peer education models are among the topics for discussion and discussion. In the Adriatic Sea, marine litter pollution also represents a growing threat to the marine ecosystem and key sectors such as fishing and tourism. Addressing this problem requires close collaboration between countries that share the same basin, as is the case for Italy and Croatia in the Adriatic with the project "FishNoWaste: Waste reduction and management in Adriatic Sea fishing ports to promote sustainable fishing," funded by the European Union under the Interreg European Territorial Cooperation Programme. This project is supported by the synergy between municipalities, fishing cooperatives, research institutions, and companies responsible for waste collection and disposal, to ensure effective management of marine litter in fishing ports.

Session Chair

Massimo Bellavista, Project Manager, Legacoop Emilia-Romagna

Programme

16.00 Presentation by Anna Montini, Councilor for the Blue Economy of the Municipality of Rimini

16.05 Presentation by Elena Gaudio, Ministry of Education and Merit

16.10 Presentation on “Solutions” tested in the framework of FishNoWaste Project:

Solution 1 – Ecological Islands and Waste management in fishing Ports: what was done and what is needed as a second step
Francesca Barbieri, MARE Cooperative
Dubravka Bojanic, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries - IZOR

Solution 2 – Management of plastic crates in the fishmarket: what was done and what is needed as a second step
Gianmaria Balducci, Cooperative Lavoratori del Mare

Solution 3 – From Solutions to society: the inclusion of stakeholders in the adaptation of solutions at port level
Tea Kuzmičić, SUNCE

Solution 4 – Tool to support governance implementation
Andrea Gugnali, MARE Cooperative

16.35 Presentation and video screening: "#FishNoWaste: United for a sustainable Adriatic Sea"
Matteo Stocco & Riccardo Andreani, Videomaker 

16.45 Lesson from the project
Alberto Barausse, Department of Biology, University of Padova

17.00 Memorandum of understanding
Tommaso Musner, University of Padova 

17.05 ROUND TABLE: Future transferability in mediterranean context
Valentina Andrić, Fisheries Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Croatia
Simona Rossi, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (tbc)
Pero Tutman, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Francesca Ronchi, Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA
Cristina Mulinari, Regional Office for Fisheries and Fish Management of the Veneto Region
Piergiorgio Vasi, Regional Fisheries Economics Service of the Emilia-Romagna Region
Vadis Paesanti, Delegate Councillor for FLAG/GALPA Emilia-Romagna Coast, Managing Authority of the Interreg Italy-Croatia Programme (tbc)