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Overview of the proposed DeFishGear Monitoring and Assessment Strategy of micro litter
Andreja Palatinus, IWRS dr. Manca Kovač Viršek, IWRS
WP3 Conference25th March 2015, Split Croatia
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Main goal of WP5
• To choose common approach to assess microplastic pollution on sea surface (accumulation zones, fishery areas, river outflows), beach sediment and ingested by biota (commercially available fish);
• Analyse chemical composition of found microlitter;
• Analyse POPs on pellets and larger pieces; • Start research activities on nanoplastic
(<0,3mm) analysis.
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Partnership
Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia
The National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ARPA Emilio-Romagna, Italy
Ca‘Foscari University of Venice, Italy
University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia
Hydro-engineering Institute of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sarajevo
Bosnia&Herzegovina
Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research,Greece
Euro-Mediterranean Center or Climate Change, Italy
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
WP5 Timeline5.1 - Defining an assessment and monitoring strategy for microplastics in the Adriatic 5.2 - Pilot survey I based on modeling results (sea surface, beach sediment)
5.3 - Data collection, evaluation, processing, validation of modeling
5.4 - Pilot survey II in fishing areas (sea surface, biota)
5.5 - Data analysis and reporting
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
WP5 Activities
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
microplastics in the Adriatic
Pilot survey I based on modeling
approach (sea surface, beach
sediment, rivers)*
Data analysis
and reporting
Data collection, evaluation, processing,
validation of modeling
Pilot survey II in fishing areas (sea surface, biota)*
Sampling and sample analysis of nanoplastics (size/shape distribution, chemical composition, OCl and PCB analysis*)
5.1
Nov 2013 May 2014
5.2
May 2014 Oct 2014
5.3
Nov 2014 Mar 2014
5.4
May 2014 October 2014
5.5
May 2014 October
2014
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Sampling activities
• 2014 seasurface + riverine outflow + beach sediment
sampling locations were determined by the calculation of the accumulation zones of pollution by CMCC (except Bosnia & Herzegovina and Slovenia)
• 2015 seasurface + biotasampling locations will be in fishing areas (except Bosnia & Herzegovina and Slovenia)
Foto: CMCC
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Seasurface
• IWRS & ARPA experience• Manta net (Eriksen) • Out of the wake zone using a spinnaker
boom or „A“ frame• 30 min, speed 2.5 - 3 knots• Only in calm weather (1-2 beaufort)• Seasonality
Foto: Eriksen
Precaution to minimise contamination &Metadata recording as in TG ML Guidelines
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Beach sediment
• HCMR experience• Sand sampling• 5 samples / location• Sampling separately for Small (<1mm) and
Large microplastics (1,1-5mm)• 1 season in 2014
Precaution to minimise contamination &Metadata recording as in TG ML Guidelines
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Biota
• HCMR & IOF experience• Commercially available fish species • Sampling and analysis protocol in
developme• Only in 2015
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
POPs analysis
• University of Nova Gorica, Slovenija experiences
• Extraction of POPs from pellets and other smallplastic particles (2-5 cm)
• Samples sent to Nova Gorica from all countries
• Beach litter sampling
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Chemical analysis
• Chemical Institute Ljubljana experiences• Validation of material characterization of
plastic particles discovered in WP5 sampling procedures
• Analysis done in one location from particles from all countries
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Nanoplastics (0.03-0.3mm)
• Ca‘ Foscari UNIVE experience and work• Experimental part of the project
Aim:• Development of specific protocols for the
determination of nanoplastics by modification/adaptation of methodologies and protocols already available (proposed/applied) for microplastics, as those recently recommended by European Commission Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Nanoplastics
• data to be obtained and reported for a correct assessment of nanoplastic pollution and identification of impacts on marine biota
• metrics (number, mass)
• size distribution
• shape (sphere, fiber, platelet, etc.)
• chemical composition (polymer composition)
• impurities (organic, inorganic)
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Monitoring of sea surface microplastic
Number of samples per countryCountry Year 2014 Year 2015 (fishery area)
Type of sample Number of sampling days
Number of samples
Number of sampling days
Number of samples
Croatia Sea surface 1 day 5 1 day 5 River outflow surface
1 day 5
Beach sediment 6 periods 40
Italy Sea surface 2 days 8 2 days 10
River outflow surface
1 day 3
Beach sediment 3 days+ 2 days 16 + 10
Albania Sea surface 1 day 5 River outflow surface
1 day 2
Beach sediment 2 days 15
Greece Sea surface 1 period 15 2 days 10 Beach sediment 1 period 11
Slovenia Sea surface 1 period) 4 1 day 5
Beach sediment 2 days 12
Bosnia - Herzegovina
Sea surface 1 day 2 1 day 5
+ biota samples
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Thank you very much for your attention!
