 Funding programme: INTERREG Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020 Lead partner: Municipality of Simrishamn Total budget: 3,8 M euro Duration: 03.2016-06.2019 www.marelittbaltic.eu Ghost nets are addressed worldwide as a source of marine litter with extensive hazardous effects on the marine ecosystem. From 5.500 to 10.000 gillnets and trawl nets are lost every year. In 2016, the MARELITT Baltic project was initiated as a response to the ghost net problem. It is a transnational initiative, funded by the EU, with participation from Sweden, Estonia, Poland and Germany.
For the last years, the project team has been working to find a sustainable way to approach derelict fishing gear in the Baltic Sea. With a comprehensive approach covering many aspects of the problem like mapping, retrieval, recycling and prevention of ghost nets, the project has created new areas of expertise. It has resulted in an action plan called “The Baltic Sea Blueprint”. That plan can guide organisations and governments towards actionable steps for fighting ghost nets, all over the world. Comments are closed.
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