Our project "Reducing the impact of marine litter in the form of derelict fishing gear on theBaltic Sea environment" has been nominated for the third Baltic Clean Maritim Award (BCMA) in the category “Technology and Innovation" and we are among the finalists for the first prize. The price is awarded annually and will be awarded by the Baltic Sea Forum on June 14th 2017 at the EUSBSR Annual Forum in Berlin.
Read MoreBetween April 10-11 the project team together with experts met at the Maritime University in Szczecin Poland for a fruitful workshop focusing on the work in the project work packages 2 and 3.
Read MoreThe MARELITT Baltic project first international conference on December 1st in Malmö, Sweden. The target group of the conference was associated partners and other stakeholders. MARELITT Baltic is the first transnational initiative working specifically with the problem and will result in far-reaching proposals for minimizing the problem and an enhanced international readiness to act.
Read MorePresentations from the first international MARELITT Baltic conference
The Ghost fishing problem – an overview
Speaker: P-O Larsson, Biologist
Retriveal of lost fishing gear – reducing the impact on the marine envrionment
Speaker: Lise Langård, Senior adviser, PhD, Fiskeridirektoratet
MARELITT Baltic - the project
Speakers: Vesa Tschernij, Marine Centre Simrishamn. Marta Kalinowska, WWF Poland. Andrea Stolte, WWF Germany. Marek Press, Keep Estonian Sea Tidy
Kapyysi – Finnish approach for surveying and recovering derelict fishing gear
Speaker: Outi Setälä and Mika Raateoja, SYKE
How can international community implement the result of MARELITT Baltic? View from national level - POLAND
Speakers: Katarzyna Kamińska, Paweł Łazarski The Fisheries Department, Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation POLAND
Experiences with the recycling of discarded fishing nets – from net processing to pellet production.
Speakers: Jacob Falsig, Plastix
Summaries of the presentations by our Graphical recorder
Graphical recorder: Maja Larsson
