Baltic Sea Learning Lab

Find out about our Learning Lab in the Baltic! 

The first AQUA-LIT Learning Lab (LL) took place on 9th of October during the Aquaculture Conference in Berlin.

The LL was focused on the Baltic Sea basin, and had the following objectives:

  • Engage different types of stakeholders such as aquaculture farmers, manufacturers, designers, academics, processing companies or administration in preventing, reducing, monitoring, quantifying, removing and recycling marine litter from aquaculture operations; 
  • Facilitate the adoption of successful existing solutions through sharing knowledge and building capacity;
  • Explore the potential of innovative solutions to marine litter reduction, removal and recycling;

After a first introductory round about the status of aquaculture in the region, triggering questions were discussed with the quite divergent participants, covering all stages of the life cycle of aquaculture gear.

Participants discussed effective prevention and reduction measures of non-organic waste, monitoring and quantifying approaches as well as innovative ways of removing and recycling these kinds of equipment. 

The solutions proposed ranged from fostering better communication between society, policy and the aquaculture sector to create an atmosphere of trust and enabling soft-skill approaches like code of conduct in parallel to strict control and regulation systems. The need to have an aquaculture specific non-biological waste disposal and material recycling systems in place (i.e. standards, solutions and procedures) was highlighted, coupling together different small-scale industries that use the same type of materials (e.g. aquaculture combined with fishing or agriculture) to optimise the result.

Results from brainstorming and discussions around AQUA-LIT triggering questions 

Many others ideas and solutions were proposed and discussed during lively brainstorming, and all of these will feed the AQUA-LIT toolbox coming next year 2020 to foster implementation of promising cross-cutting measures.

The next LL will be focus on the North Sea region and will be held in Ostend (Belgium) on 26th of November 2019.

 

Post-Learning Lab

Did you join us in this #AquaLitLab? 

You can check the material we presented here:

 

State of Play

 

Short overview on the LLs

 

Thanks for your valuable input! 

We will publish the results together with those from the upcoming Mediterranean Sea and North Sea #AquaLitLab. So stay tunned!

 

Already registered?

 

Then don't forget to check the "State of Play – Outline of the Baltic Sea Learning Lab topic" before our Learning Lab. 

 

You can further check out the programme for the day here.

 

 

 

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

 

*Check the bottom of this page for the updates on post-Learning Lab

 

The Learning Lab will take place in Berlin on Oct 9 back-to-back with the Aquaculture Europe 2019. 

 

Where? ROOM 30541 wing3

When?  9.00-12.30h

 

Those interested are invited to fill in the registration form: https://forms.gle/Q1QD2ULj3bLHibmB7

 

The Learning Lab will have a highly interactive format encouraging participants to exchange their insights and opinions about the issue of litter in aquaculture and discuss possible solutions.

 

This workshop will be interdisciplinary in nature. Apart from those working directly in the aquaculture sector, this workshop is also well suited to those focused on topics of waste management, environmental protection and business development.

 

This will also be an opportunity to learn about the AQUA-LIT project results and hear from the experts in the field. If you wish to briefly present your company, business model, research, or idea related to issue of litter in aquaculture please contact il@sustainable-projects.eu with the brief description of your presentation proposal. 

Baltic Sea Learning Lab

The first AQUA-LIT Learning Lab (LL) took place on 9th of October during the Aquaculture Conference in Berlin.

The LL was focused on the Baltic Sea basin, and had the following objectives:

  • Engage different types of stakeholders such as aquaculture farmers, manufacturers, designers, academics, processing companies or administration in preventing, reducing, monitoring, quantifying, removing and recycling marine litter from aquaculture operations; 
  • Facilitate the adoption of successful existing solutions through sharing knowledge and building capacity;
  • Explore the potential of innovative solutions to marine litter reduction, removal and recycling;

After a first introductory round about the status of aquaculture in the region, triggering questions were discussed with the quite divergent participants, covering all stages of the life cycle of aquaculture gear.

Participants discussed effective prevention and reduction measures of non-organic waste, monitoring and quantifying approaches as well as innovative ways of removing and recycling these kinds of equipment. 

The solutions proposed ranged from fostering better communication between society, policy and the aquaculture sector to create an atmosphere of trust and enabling soft-skill approaches like code of conduct in parallel to strict control and regulation systems. The need to have an aquaculture specific non-biological waste disposal and material recycling systems in place (i.e. standards, solutions and procedures) was highlighted, coupling together different small-scale industries that use the same type of materials (e.g. aquaculture combined with fishing or agriculture) to optimise the result.

Results from brainstorming and discussions around AQUA-LIT triggering questions 

Many others ideas and solutions were proposed and discussed during lively brainstorming, and all of these will feed the AQUA-LIT toolbox coming next year 2020 to foster implementation of promising cross-cutting measures.

The next LL will be focus on the North Sea region and will be held in Ostend (Belgium) on 26th of November 2019.

 

Post-Learning Lab

Did you join us in this #AquaLitLab? 

You can check the material we presented here:

 

State of Play

 

Short overview on the LLs

 

Thanks for your valuable input! 

We will publish the results together with those from the upcoming Mediterranean Sea and North Sea #AquaLitLab. So stay tunned!

 

Already registered?

 

Then don't forget to check the "State of Play – Outline of the Baltic Sea Learning Lab topic" before our Learning Lab. 

 

You can further check out the programme for the day here.

 

 

 

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

 

*Check the bottom of this page for the updates on post-Learning Lab

 

The Learning Lab will take place in Berlin on Oct 9 back-to-back with the Aquaculture Europe 2019. 

 

Where? ROOM 30541 wing3

When?  9.00-12.30h

 

Those interested are invited to fill in the registration form: https://forms.gle/Q1QD2ULj3bLHibmB7

 

The Learning Lab will have a highly interactive format encouraging participants to exchange their insights and opinions about the issue of litter in aquaculture and discuss possible solutions.

 

This workshop will be interdisciplinary in nature. Apart from those working directly in the aquaculture sector, this workshop is also well suited to those focused on topics of waste management, environmental protection and business development.

 

This will also be an opportunity to learn about the AQUA-LIT project results and hear from the experts in the field. If you wish to briefly present your company, business model, research, or idea related to issue of litter in aquaculture please contact il@sustainable-projects.eu with the brief description of your presentation proposal.