Naslov
Implementation of Fishing for litter (Ffl) activity in Croatia ; lessons learned and further necessary actions

Autori
Tutman, Pero ; Bojanić Varezić, Dubravka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Conference Adriatic Biodiversity Protection – AdriBioPro2019 / Đurović, M - Kotor : Univerzitet Crne Gore, Institut za biologiju mora, 2019, 46-46

ISBN
978-9940-9613-2-9

Skup
Adriatic Biodiversity Conservation (AdriBioPro2019)

Mjesto i datum
Kotor, Crna Gora, 07.04.2019. - 10.04.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Fishing for litter (Ffl), Croatia

Sažetak
Fishing For Litter (Ffl) is simple initiative that aims to reduce marine litter by involving one of the key stakeholders, the fishing industry. It is effective way to clean up the sea by removing solid waste from seabed, which poses a threat to marine life and has negative economic and social impacts on coastal communities and tourism. This scheme is based on the assumption that the activity must be as simple as possible for fishermen, without any costs for them. They provide fishermen with bags to store litter onboard and ensure that land disposal facilities are easy to reach. Involved vessels are bottom-trawlers since most of the litter is on the seabed. Ffl has two main aims ; the direct removal of litter and to raise awareness about the marine litter issue amongst the fishermen and the general public, resulting in a change in attitudes and behaviour. Before the DeFishGear project started in 2013, Ffl was unknown practice in the Croatia. One of the aims was to investi-gate, through the pilot projects, the feasibility of developing this scheme and to prepare guidelines. The implementation in two fishing ports Hvar and Tribunj show a strong fish-ermen willingness to collaborate, being aware of their unique role in the active removal of litter from the sea. However, due to a lack of an overarching National law addressing marine litter management, its legal status was not defined. Existing Law on Sustainable Waste Management do not specifies how to handle with the litter collected. More should be in a separate regulation that applies only to marine litter, but it has not been adopted to the present days. Thus, marine litter was temporarily classified as urban waste by the hosting Municipalities and the municipal waste management company was in charge of disposal. Ffl activity can be easily implemented in Croatia, but is necessary to improve the legislation about marine litter, to examine deficiencies and gaps in these policies, and suggesting options for improvement.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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