Marine Litter in Europe - An integrated assessment from source to sea
Don't miss the report just published from the European Environment Agency - European Topic Centre on Inland,
Coastal and Marine Waters where AQUA-LIT's work is cited.
AQUA-LIT was invited by SEAentia-food to present at a conference from MP-RAS project
The "Minimizing microplastic contamination in onshore (RAS) meagre farming" project carried out last October 31st, 2022
a conference on RAS and microplastics in Peniche, Portugal where our team mate Margharita from EurOcean presented
AQUA-LIT's toolbox!
Establishing long-term collaborations in marine research and open science
AQUA-LIT, together with the H2020 projects EuroSea, Jonas and JERICO, signed a cooperation agreement with Blue-Cloud
to cooperate in key initiatives in coastal monitoring, noise prevention, aquaculture and ocean forecasting
systems.
AQUA-LIT in CINEA's Cluster story: Ocean Health and Observation
A healthy ocean is a fundamental prerequisite for a thriving blue economy.
Data and observation are of the essence to achieve and maintain good environmental status. The EMFF has funded
several projects addressing environmental concerns such as marine litter, oil spills, chemical pollution, etc, including
AQUA-LIT project.
European Maritime Day 2022 - Women in the Blue Economy panel
The European Maritime Day took place in Ravenna, Italy last May 19-20th and we were there to discuss the importance
of creating opportunities for Women in the Blue Economy in the frame of the launching of CINEA's call in the subject.
Check out the summary video we prepared for you with the main discussions.
Our project featured in a Global Seafood Alliance article!
Our coordinator Mariana Mata-Lara was interviewed about AQUA-LIT project for the newly published article
"Can plastic-eating bacteria help with fisheries’ and aquaculture’s plastics problem?" written by
Bonnie Waycott.
RESTORE OUR OCEAN AND WATERS info pack featured AQUA-LIT!
Together with other 33 projects, AQUA-LIT is featured by CORDIS' Synergy Info Pack to Restore Our Ocean and Waters, due
the groundbreaking work supporting the development of the technical, social, governance innovation and
business models needed to secure the restoration of aquatic ecosystems and the
development of a sustainable, resilient and climate-neutral blue economy.
A Microplastics and Marine Litter session is being opened at EAS22!
Aquaculture Europe 2022 will take place between September 27-30 in Rimini, Italy under the theme
“Innovative Solutions in a Changing World”, and the submission of abstracts is open now!
New open access paper published!
The holiday season is just starting and we already have a gift to share, an open access paper that came just out of the
oven!
AQUA-LIT TO PRESENT AT THE REMOTE SENSING AND SMART TECH FOR MARINE LITTER
On November 18-19th, 2021, from 15-19 hrs CET,
AIR Centre will
organize the "Remote Sensing and Smart Tech for Marine Litter" webinar, as an Ocean Decade Laboratory
Satellite Activity.
Let’s Make the Black Sea Blue!
AQUA-LIT will participate in the panel discussion "Advancing ocean literacy" together with other projects. Check the
details here!
Aquaculture Europe '21
On October 5th we presented
AQUA-LIT toolbox at the Aquaculture
Europe Conference in madeira!