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Event to present the results of a project on marine litter collection operations by fishermen

Last Saturday 20 May 2023, the event to present the results of the project «Collection interventions by fishermen of waste from the sea on the surface and on the seabed including the removal of lost fishing tool from the sea" funded under the EMFF 2014-2020 - Project Measure 4.63 "Implementation of participatory-type local development strategies" - under which ISPRA of Palermo provided support scientific for the removal of lost fishing tool.

  • When May 20, 2023 from 11:00 AM (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
  • Where Municipality of Portopalo di Capo Passero
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In particular, the fishermen of the fleets of the municipalities associated with the FLAG/GAC DEI DUE SARI were actively involved in the identification and recovery phases of over 68 kg of nets lost on the seabed of south-eastern Sicily, some of which are still fishing (ghost fishing).

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