Acronym AQUA-LIT
Category
Aquaculture
Title Preventive Measures for Averting the Discarding of Litter in the Marine Environment from the Aquaculture Industry Programme EASME - EMFF
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Mariana Mata Lara Coordinator email mariana.mata.lara@geonardo.com
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
EurOcean - European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology (Portugal) ,
VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute (Belgium) ,
FRCT - Regional Fund for Science and Technology of the Azores (Portugal) ,
s.Pro - s.Pro - sustainable projects GmbH (Germany) ,
Nausicaa - Société d'exploitation du centre national de la mer (France) ,
IEO - Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain) ,
Start year 2018 End year 2019 Funding (€) € NA Website https://aqua-lit.eu/ Summary AQUA-LIT will develop a toolbox of innovative ideas and methodologies to prevent and reduce litter from aquaculture activities, and to remove and recycle litter from aquaculture facilities. The scope of this toolbox includes the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Keywords
Environmental impact;
Open sea aquaculture;
Wastes;
Waste management;
Waste valorization;
Marine Region
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
57
Southern Alboran Sea (GSA 3)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
56
Alboran Island (GSA 2)
9
Western English Channel (27.VIIe)
60
Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19)
61
Eastern Ionian Sea (GSA 20)
74
Northern Adriatic (GSA 17)
50
Sardinia (east) (GSA 11.2)
22
Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
52
Northern Alboran Sea (GSA 1)
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
24
Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
48
South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10)
21
Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
71
South of Sicily (GSA 16)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
53
Northern Spain (GSA 6)
8
Bristol Channel (27.VIIf)
62
Aegean Sea (GSA 22)
70
Malta Island (GSA 15)
66
Cyprus Island (GSA 25)
64
Crete Island (GSA 23)
49
Gulf of Lions (GSA 7)
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
51
Sardinia (west) (GSA 11.1)
28
Marine Region Map
