Acronym ECOPESCA
Category
Fisheries
Title Integral management of fishing waste in a coastal area: Pilot scheme Programme LIFE
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 Jorge Dominguez Coordinator email msalnes@msalnes.e.telefonica.net
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
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Start year 2001 End year 2004 Funding (€) € 280,793 Website https://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=1929 Summary This project tackles the problem of fishing industry waste products, in an area where the fishing sector is fundamental. The current management of these waste products is poor. The consequences for the marine environment and therefore for fishing stocks are very important. Set out below are three of the main factors that make it impossible to achieve suitable management of this problem under current conditions: 1) Lack of coordination between agencies extends to high level. Responsibility for the management of waste produced in one area falls within the remit of several bodies, making it difficult to achieve proper management and correct monitoring. 2) Selective collection of waste is not well developed. In certain areas it is non-existent. The infrastructures and systems for selective collection of waste at ports are lacking, for various reasons. 3) The waste generated within vessels is thrown into the sea. Most solid waste generated on fishing vessels continues to be thrown into the sea. To a lesser extent, the same applies for pleasure craft. The participation of fishermen’s cooperatives in the project demonstrated that it addresses an issue of high economic and environmental interest. The interest shown by other supporters of the project also demonstrates this: nautical clubs and societies, environmental associations, consumer associations, neighbourhood associations and so on. The team responsible for preparation of the project believed that its development would contribute to the application, updating and development of Community environmental policy, and of legislation in this field, as well as to the promotion of initiatives for sustainable development.
The project's objectives are closely related to the problems outlined under ‘Project background’: - Creating integrated management, with the start-up of an organisational structure in which all of the pertinent agencies are represented. - Development /optimisation of selective waste collection. Selective collection will be organised and developed in ports at what are to be called 'Ecopuntos portuarios' (Port Eco-points), which are places designed for efficient and satisfactory selective collection that are properly marked out, sign-posted and well equipped for providing and exchanging information and for motivating users. - Collection of waste from vessels and transfer to port. To promote increased collection and landing of this waste, a new system will be tested: fitting small containers, some with double compartments, to a number of fishing and leisure vessels. The expected environmental results are estimated to be as follows: - Increase in the collection of volume of waste from vessels from the estimated 10 percent at present to 60 percent by the end of the third year. - Development of selective collection for certain dangerous waste (such as paints, solvents and their containers, inter alia) and problematic waste (fishing nets, tackle, etc.), so as to achieve a level of collection of 50 percent of waste generated by the end of the third year. - Increase in the collection of used oil up to a level of 90 percent (volume) of that produced by the sector. - Increase in the selective collection of paper, glass and containers from the current estimate of 5 percent (volume) up to 20, 40 and 60 percent respectively during the first, second and third year of the project's development. - Suitable dissemination of the project so that 80 percent of fishermen, port workers and habitual users of sailing clubs know its objectives, proposals and results.
Keywords
Environmental impact;
Waste management;
Marine Region
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Bay of Biscay Southern (27.VIIIc)
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