The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

More information on the BlueBio project and participating funding organizations is available on the BlueBio website: www.bluebioeconomy.eu

Last Update: 2024/06/19

IMPACT
Marine Biotechnology
Identifying Microplastic Hotspots in the Maltese Waters
National Programme
National
Oriane Georges
omg@aquabt.com
MCAST - Malta College of Arts Science and Technology (Malta)
ABT Group - AquaBioTech Group Ltd (Malta),  NA - Zibel (Malta), 
2021
2021
€ 20,925
https://www.projectimpact.mt/
Impacts of plastic debris have been divided into three main categories: social damage, economical damage, and ecological damage. Locally, only a few studies attempted to explain specific aspects of microplastics (ex. characterisation, distribution, etc), clearly showing that there are many knowledge gaps about the implications of microplastics on the local environment. Therefore, this knowledge will serve to better understand the distribution and potential impact of microplastics and provide some insight on the types of industries that could be targeted for transformation in their practices. The development of a monitoring protocol will pave the way to a standardised monitoring technique which could be adopted by various stakeholders. Since these studies have never been carried out using this sort of technique, this project will act as a pilot for affirming a standard monitoring protocol.
Microplastics; Protocol; Monitoring;
Malta Island (GSA 15)
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