CIRCNETS

Supporting collection, treatment and recycling of fishing gear

What we do

When fishing nets are approaching their end-of-life (EOL), the nets should be collected and disposed appropriately. Setting up a collection network in the demanding NPA circumstances requires extra efforts from all of those involved. On the other hand, this offers also an opportunity to recycle and eventually also reuse the collected materials. The main outcome of the projects is a Blueprint for collection, treatment and reuse of EOL fishing gear for the NPA region. In delivering this, CIRCNETS also prepares the stakeholders involved in fishing business for the implementation of the legislative changes.
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Workshop Highlights Collaborative Efforts to Tackle Marine Litter from Fishing Gear

Mitigating marine litter, particularly from end-of-life (EOL) fishing gear, were on agenda in a workshop co-hosted by the European Commission and OSPAR took place in Brussels in end of March

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Team CIRCNETS to the rescue!

Fishing is a significant source of plastic pollution of seas. We support collection, treatment and recycling of end-of-life fishing gear, so that they are disposed appropriately and do not end up in seas and degrade marine environment.

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Our objectives

The overall objective of CIRCNETS is to draft a blueprint for the collection, treatment and recycling of EOL fishing gear in the NPA region. The project will reach this goal through the following steps.

Project priority


Climate Change

Project period


Start

01.01.2023

End

31.12.2025

Lead Partner


University of Oulu


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Project info


Objective

2.3 Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy


Total Budget

1.499.969,46 EUR


NPA Co-Financing

928.180,80 EUR

Latest news from CIRCNETS

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07.06.2024

Presentations from Transition to Circular Economy of Fishing Gear seminar

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05.04.2024

Workshop Highlights Collaborative Efforts to Tackle Marine Litter from Fishing Gear

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28.03.2024

Two CIRCNETS Events Included in the European Maritime Day in My Country Programme

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01.01.2024

Have you met Gus the Gull?

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11.12.2023

Neither snow, nor frost will keep CIRCNETS from delivering…

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28.11.2023

The International Conference on Ghost Gear 2023

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15.08.2023

Port visits and 15 minutes of fame for CIRCNETS

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27.04.2023

Welcome to Sotenäs - the home of Abba! (not the band, but the seafood producer)

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