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Marine litter (macro & micro) assessment in the Adriatic Sea: Paving the way for harmonized monitoring to facilitate effective decision making
Thomais Vlachogianni | Phd Env ChemMIO-ECSDE Programme Officer
DeFishGear WP4 LeaderMember of the MSFD TSG 10
Member of the CORMON group
Overarching aim
To facilitate the efforts of policy makers and stakeholders in effectively dealing with the issue of marine litter in
the Adriatic MacroRegion.
Objectives
To provide a comprehensive, coherent and transparent characterization and analysis of the marine litter problem (including socio-economic aspects) in the Adriatic;
To pave the way for the adoption of a coordinated and harmonized approach in terms of marine litter monitoring;
To provide recommendations related to policy options in meeting regional and national objectives regarding marine litter (MSFD, ECAP);
To identify gaps and needs as a basis for setting priorities for action in terms of addressing the issue of marine litter effectively and ensuring the sustainable management and use of the marine environment and coastal zones.
Key policy frameworks
WP4 through a transparent, coherent synthesis of
natural and social science related info/data and stakeholder input, will
contribute to the development of the knowledge basis for
appropriate marine and coastal zone planning to
reduce the impacts of litter-generating economic
activities in the region
WP4 activities and
outputs lie at the heart of the key principles of the:
Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD) Maritime
Spatial Planning
(MSP)
Integrated Coastal Zone Managemen
t (ICZM)Ecosystem Approach
(ECAP)
Regional Plan on
Marine Litter Management in the Med
Adriatic-Ionian
strategy
WP4 activities in a nutshell
Nov 2013
Jan 2014
Mar 2014
May 2014
Jul 2014
Sep 2014
Nov 2014
Jan 2015
Mar 2015
May 2015
Jul 2015
Sep 2015
Nov 2015
Jan 2016
Mar 2016
Defining an assessment and
monitoring strategy for marine litter in the Adriatic
Pilot surveys to assess marine litter in the Adriatic
Assessment of marine litter in
the different marine
compartments
Assessment of economic impacts of marine litter
4.14.4
4.2
4.3
The building blocks of the assessment & monitoring strategy:
The “Guidance Document on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas”, developed in 2013 by the EU MSFD Technical Sub-Group on Marine Litter.
The draft Monitoring Guidance Document on Ecological Objective 10: Marine Litter, prepared by UNEP/MAP MEDPOL in April 2014.
Developing the assessment & monitoring strategy for marine litter in the Adriatic | decisive step
The DeFishGear Working Group Meeting (Athens, 12 May 2014), which brought together ~ 40 participants from the IPA eligible countries, the
EC, international organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders to express their views on the proposed elements of the monitoring and
assessment strategy, to discuss good practices and to exchange their experiences on marine
litter monitoring.
Forerunner of the Regional Network
of Experts on marine litter in the
Adriatic MacroRegion
Overview of selected monitoring protocols applied within the scope of the DeFishGear project for macro-litter
Environ. matrice
Method/protocol
Level of maturity
Technical requir.
Expertise needed
Beach Visual/collection HIGH LOW LOW/
MEDIUM
Floating Visual HIGH LOW LOW/MEDIUM
Sea-floor Diving MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM
Sea-floor Bottom-trawling MEDIUM/HIGH
LOW/MEDIUM
LOW/MEDIUM
Biota Fish(ingestion) LOW MEDIUM/
HIGHMEDIUM/
HIGH
Biota Turtles(ingestion)
MEDIUM/LOW LOW MEDIUM
BiotaEntanglement
(Beached animals)
LOW LOW MEDIUM
Task 4.1.3
Implementing the assessment & monitoring strategy in a consistent way | key activities/tools
• Capacity-building activities for all partners involved in the monitoring surveys
• Development of an appropriate field guide on marine litter monitoring
Pilot marine litter surveys | indicative map
That’s not all…
Pilot surveys in a harmonized way
Modeling marine debris movement and transport in the Adriatic sea
Making data accessible via a
GIS database
Assessing the socio-economic
implications
Building synergies and
ensuring cross-fertilization
EXPECTED RESULTS Increased knowledge on occurrence, amounts and sources of marine
litter in the Adriatic; Increased knowledge on marine litter hotspots in the Adriatic; Increased knowledge on socio-ecomomic impacts of marine liter in
the Adriatic; Strengthened involvement and participation of regional marine litter
experts in the development of the assessment methodology and results and enhanced ownership of the assessment outcomes;
Enhanced capacities to perform litter monitoring at regional level; Strengthened & reinforced science-policy interface to support the
integration of sound science into policy and decision making in effectively tackling marine litter;
Improved management of human activities generating marine litter and strengthened implementation of ICZM, ECAP and MSP, as well as the MSFD (including the recently adopted Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean).
Overcoming hindrances that hamper down the solutions to marine litter TOGETHER!
Some of these are:
the limited and fragmented understanding of the problem due to the lack of accurate, coherent, reliable and comparable scientific data;
the misconceptions and misunderstandings related to possible solutions, i.e. the case of bio-degradable or bio-based plastics, or end-of-pipe solutions like cleanups;
the reluctance of countries to commit themselves to reaching ambitious targets via comprehensive programmes of measures;
the fact that marine litter is often considered as someone else’s problem;
the poor exploitation of the full potential that marine litter initiatives and projects render for capitalization, replication and collective learning.
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