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Transforming Seafloor Litter Monitoring: Innovative Technologies for Greater Reach
Event: One Ocean Science Congress 2025
Partner/s: ARDITI
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Nice (France)
Date: 05/06/2026
Microplastics in NW portuguese coastal sediments – methodologies optimisation to ensure representativeness
Event: MARLICE 2026 – Circular solutions for clean oceans
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Tenerife (Spain)
Date: 21/05/2026
Marine litter: From local to internacional governance. (The importance of geographic source determination)
Event: MARLICE 2026 – Circular solutions for clean oceans
Partner/s: DRAM
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Tenerife (Spain)
Date: 20/05/2026
Basura Marina: Responsabilidades Compartidas
Event: Pint of Science 2026
Partner/s: MI
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Gijón (Spain)
Date: 19/05/2026
Automated Integration of Fisheries Sampling Methodologies (AMORES)
Event: Final Assembly of the Marine Sciences Plan of Galicia
Partner/s: IEO-CSIC
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Date: 24/10/2025
Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) as a microplastic pollution indicator in coastal environments
Event: XI Simpósio sobre a Margem Ibérica Atlântica (MIA)
Partner/s: IEO-CSIC
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Lisbom (Portugal)
Date: 29-31/10/2025
Sampling microplastic in surface waters: what method to choose?
Event: XI Simpósio sobre a Margem Ibérica Atlântica (MIA)
Partner/s: IEO-CSIC
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Lisbon (Portugal)
Date: 29-31/10/2025
Drift Happens: The Origin of Marine Litter and Rafting Biota on Madeira Beaches
Event: International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (XII Edition)
Partner/s: ARDITI
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Madeira (Portugal)
Date: 08/10/2025
Marine debris as substrate and dispersal vector for non-indigenous species in Madeira Archipelago
Event: International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (XII Edition)
Partner/s: ARDITI
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Madeira (Portugal)
Date: 08/10/2025
Advancing methods and tools to study, survey and monitor marine litter pollution
Event: WASTES
Partner/s: ARDITI
Type: Keynote speaker
Location: Madeira (Portugal)
Date: 07/10/2025
Establishing a Harmonized Protocol for Microplastic Research in Diverse Environmental Matrices
Event: Blue Think Conference 2025
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Matosinhos (Portugal)
Date: 10-11/09/2025
Evaluating wind effects using a Lagrangian Transport Model: tracking marine debris in nortwest Spain
Event: FisES25
Partner/s: USC
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Date: 18-20/06/2025
Patterns of wind-driven marine debris in Ria de Arouss (NW Spain): a PCA and clustering approach
Event: FisES25
Partner/s: MI
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Date: 18-20/06/2025
A Harmonized Protocol for Microplastics Sampling, Extraction and Analysis, Across Different Environmental Matrices
Event: 19th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Belgrade (Servia)
Date: 08-12/06/2025
FreeLitterAT: Plastic degradation – Predictions Vs Experiments
Event: Sustainability Journeys
Partner/s: UL-CUL
Type: Oral presentation
Location: UL-CUL (Portugal)
Date: 15/05/2025
Project INTERREG FreelitterAT – Lusófona”, and “Innovation in action: Students in International Projects
Event: Environmental Engineering Journeys
Partner/s: UL-CUL
Type: Oral presentation
Location: UL-CUL (Portugal)
Date: 09/05/2025
Pollution monitoring through enhanced protocols and deep learning: applicability and effectiveness
Event: EGU General Assembly 2025
Partner/s: IFPEN/Cedre
Type: Poster presentation
Location: Vienna (Austria)
Date: 27/04/2025 – 01/05/2025
Presentation of the free-Litter project, and how it pertains to student cooperation in research activities
Event: Outreach Session
Partner/s: UL-CUL
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Gustave-Eiffel – Lumiar (Portugal)
Date: 14/03/2025
Presentation of the free-Litter project, and how it pertains to student cooperation in research activities
Event: Outreach Session
Partner/s: UL-CUL
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Inete (Portugal)
Date: 07/02/2025
Review of the organisational and technological issues involved in recycling waste from fishing technologies
Event: Halieutis – international meeting of the fishing sector
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Agadir (Morocco)
Date: 07/02/2025
Modelización del transporte de micro y macro plásticos en el océano: procesos físicos y biofísicos que ayudan a la degradación de los plásticos
Event: Seminarios Centro Singular CRETUS
Partner/s: USC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Date: 10/01/2025
Plástico nos océanos: monitorización e comportamento do lixo marino
Event: Ciencia Singular
Partner/s: USC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Date: 23/11/2024
Plastic pellets – Recovery equipement
Event: Marine and Spill Plastic Pollution Conference
Partner/s: Cedre
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Southampton (UK)
Date: 11/06/2024
Recovery of Lost Fishing Gear
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: CETMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Key information on plastic pellets: setting the scene
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: Cedre
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Lessons learnt from TOCONAO event and potential for improving contingency plans
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: INTECMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Toward harmonized guidance for sampling, processing and quantification of MP in different matrices
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Predictive models to identify areas of marine litter hotspots
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: UL-CUL
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Presentation of the FRee LitterAT project
Event: III International Forum on Marine Litter and Circular Economy
Partner/s: CETMAR
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Valencia (Spain)
Date: 22-24/05/2024
Free litterAT – Advancing towards litter- free Atlantic coastal communities by preventing and reducing macro and micro litter
Event: MaRaM
Partner/s: DRAM
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Madeira (Portugal)
Date: 20/05/2024
Modeling Fragmentation of Plastic Particles
Event: Euromech – Microplastic Dispersion Pathways
Partner/s: USC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Lerici (italy)
Date: 06-08/05/2024
Seabed litter assesment using a remotely operated towed vehicle: a case study at Concepción Seamount, Canary Islands (Spain)
Event: UN Conference Ocean Decade
Partner/s: IEO
Type: Poster
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 10-12/04/2024
Free-LitterAT: on the road to litter-free Atlantic coastal communities
Event: UN Conference Ocean Decade
Partner/s: IEO
Type: Poster
Location: Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 10-12/04/2024
Advancing methods and tools to study, survey and monitor marine litter pollution
Event: II International Workshop on the Origin, Fate and Distribution of Marine Litter in the Atlantic
Partner/s: ARDITI
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Tenerife (Spain)
Date: 12/12/2025
MOHID-Lagrangian Exploring Marine Particle Dynamics and Applications
Event: Workshop and talk for the Joint Research Center in Ispra, for the ocean modelling group
Partner/s: MI
Type: Oral presentation and training course
Location: Ispra (Italy)
Date: 10-14/11/2025
Management and recycling of fishing gear waste and passively fished waste – presentation to fishermen students at a maritime high school
Event: Festival Pêcheurs du Monde
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Lorient (France)
Date: 27/03/2025
Recycling used fishing gear to tackle marine pollution
Event: UBS 2024 Science Night
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Type: Stand
Location: Lorient (France)
Date: 04/10/2024
Presentation of the Industrial Plastic Pellets issue
Event: 2nd technical day for municipal and municipal and inter-municipal staff, organised by Syndicat Mixte du Littoral Landais
Partner/s: Cedre
Type: Oral presentation
Location: Contis plage (France)
Date: 16/05/2024
What existing efforts and further action can the EU and OSPAR take to support national, regional and international efforts
Event: Joint EU / OSPAR Workshop on end-of-life fishing gear policy and circularity
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Type: Pannel discussion
Location: Brussels (Belgium)
Date: 20-21/02/2024
Webinar “Fishing Gear and Extended Producer Responsibility: Innovation and Sustainability in Coastal Management” – in collaboration with PT PROTECMA
Sea Basin Strategies in Action: Innovation and Investment for Ocean Resilience
Partner/s: CETMAR
Organiser/s: Forum Oceano & DGPM, in coordination with the Atlantic Strategy, WestMED initiative and Pillar IV Coordinator (INESC-TEC)
Location: on line
Date: 15/07/2025
Technological developments for the detection of Lost or Abandoned Fishing Gear (ALDFG)
Awareness-raising activities about litter “Lixo meu, lixo do mar, o que anda a navegar?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (1st grade)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: EB1/JI Irmãos Passos, Matosinhos (Portugal)
Date: 25/02/2026
Awareness-raising activities about litter “Lixo meu, lixo do mar, o que anda a navegar?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (1st grade)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: EB1/JI Irmãos Passos, Matosinhoss (Portugal)
Date: 23/02/2026
Awareness-raising activities about litter “Lixo meu, lixo do mar, o que anda a navegar?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (1st grade)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: EB1/JI Lomba, Matosinhos (Portugal)
Date: 20/02/2026
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “Nuestros mares en peligro: el impacto de la basura”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary)
Partner/s: IEO
Location: IES Coruxo (Spain)
Date: 12/02/2026
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Escola Secundária de Rio Tinto (Portugal)
Date: 16/10/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Agrupamento de Escolas Rosa Ramalho (Portugal)
Date: 12/10/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Agrupamento de Escolas de Valongo (Portugal)
Date: 12/10/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Agrupamento de Escolas Rosa Ramalho (Portugal)
Date: 07/10/2025
Ocean 25 and the Science Festival: communicating science to younger generations to preserve our oceans
Event: Ocean 25 Days Science Festival
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IFREMER
Location: La Seyne-sur-Mer (France)
Date: 04-06/10/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Nuit de la science
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: UBS
Location: Lorient (France)
Date: 03/10/2025
Ocean 25 and the Science Festival: communicating science to younger generations to preserve our oceans
Event: Ocean 25 Days Science Festival
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IFREMER
Location: Le Cannet-des-Maures (France)
Date: 26/09/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: European Researchers’ Night
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Porto (Portugal)
Date: 26/09/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: European Researchers’ Night
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 26/09/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: CIIMAR Open Day 2025
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Porto (Portugal)
Date: 20/09/2025
Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: ONCE (Spanish National Organisation of the Blind)
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Portonovo (Spain)
Date: 29/07/2025
Awareness-raising activities about marine litter
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: CETMAR
Location: Vilagarcia de Arousa (Spain)
Date: 11/06/2025
Jury Member at the Pontenciencia Science Fair
Event: Pontenciencia Science Fair
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 09-10/04/2025
Video – Research activity for students
Event: Short video for Ágora
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 08/04/2025
Coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulations with volunteers
Event: Coastal Cleanup Balcksod
Type: Coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulations with volunteers
Partner/s: An Taisce
Location: Balcksod (Ireland)
Date: 29/03/2025
Presentation to fishermen students at a maritime high school – Management and recycling of fishing gear waste and passively fished waste
Event: Festival Pêcheur du monde
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: UBS
Location: Lorient (France)
Date: 27/03/2025
Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: ASPANAEX
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 25/03/2025
Coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulations with volunteers
Event: Coastal cleanup Carlingford
Type: Coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulations with volunteers
Partner/s: An Taisce
Location: Carlingford (Ireland)
Date: 22/03/2025
Coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulations with volunteers
Event: Coastal Cleanup Lahinch
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: An Taisce
Location: Lahinch (Ireland)
Date: 12/03/2025
Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: San Rafael residence
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 20/02/2025
Video – Research activity for students
Event: Pontenciencia
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 22/01/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas de Valongo
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 12/02/2025
Guardian@s del mar: Protegiendo nuestros mares de la basura (Guardians of the Sea: Protecting Our Oceans from litter)
Event: 11th February celebration: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Type: Primary education – CEIP Carrasqueira School
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 12/02/2025
Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Doral Residencias – People with physical and/or intellectual disabilities, and elderly people with visual and hearing impairments
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 22/01/2025
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas de Idães, Felgueiras
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 15/01/2025
Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Down Vigo
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 27/11/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (3rd grade and secundary) – Colégio de Lamas
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 15/11/2024
Inclusive Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: ONCE (Spanish National Organization of the Blind)
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 24/10/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (3rd grade and secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas de Cristelo (Paredes)
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 17/10/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Sea Tech week
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 15-17/10/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Fête de la science
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 10-14/10/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics “O que comem os nosss mexilhões?”
Event: Activities with schools
Type: Activity with schoolars (3rd grade and secundary) – Agrupamento de Escolas Rosa Ramalho
Partner/s: CIIMAR
Location: Portugal
Date: 09/10/2024
Recycling used fishing gear to tackle marine pollution
Event: The Science Night
Type: Workshop
Partner/s: UBS COMPOSITIC
Location: Lorien (France)
Date: 04/10/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: European Researchers’ Night
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 27/09/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: European Researchers’ Night
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 27/09/2024
Clean up campaign
Event: MaRaM beach clean-up campaign
Type: Presentation of the ARDITI work regarding marine litter technologies and the Free LitterAT project
Partner/s: ARDITI & DRAM
Location: Porto Santo Island (Portugal)
Date: 23/09/2024
DRAM will be carrying out a coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulation sites of Madeira
Event: International Coastal Cleanup Day
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Maiata-Madeira Island (Portugal)
Date: 21-29/09/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Fêtes maritimes
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 12-17/07/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Fête de la mer et des littoraux
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 03/07/2024
MaRaM campaign
Event: MaRaM beach clean-up campaign
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island (Portugal)
Date: 01-31/07/2024
Awareness-raising activities about microplastics and marine litter
Event: Eau Fête
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Morlaix (France)
Date: 07/06/2024
Redesign of the educational game
Event: All events
Type: Awareness raising activities
Partner/s: Cedre
Location: Brest (France)
Date: 07/06/2024
DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Madeira Island
Event: Marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site with volunteers
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Maiata- Madeira Island (Portugal)
Date: 31/05/2024
Descrifrando o impacto dos microplásticos no medio mariño (Deciphering the impact of microplastics in the marine environment)
Event: Awareness event “Football, water and microplastics”
Type: General public – presentation
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Pontecaldelas (Spain)
Date: 12/04/2024
DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Madeira Island
Event: Marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site with volunteers
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Baía d’Abra – Madeira Island (Portugal)
Date: 27/03/2024
Education workshop about marine litter
Event: Lecture and experiments in a primary school
Type: Primary education – activity with schoolars
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Pontevedra (Spain)
Date: 18/03/2024
MaRaM campaign
Event: MaRaM beach clean-up campaign
Type: Clean-up campaign
Partner/s: DRAM
Location: Madeira (Portugal)
Date: 01/03/2024 – 30/04/2024
Education workshop about marine litter
Event: 11th February celebration: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Type: Primary education – Souto-Donas School
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 16/03/2024
Estudiando la basura marina: del mar al laboratorio (Studying the marine litter: from sea to lab)
Event: 11th February celebration: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Type: Primary education – CEIP Carrasqueira School
Partner/s: IEO
Location: Vigo (Spain)
Date: 16/03/2024
Lixo mariño e microplásticos, do macro ao micro (Marine litter and microplastics: from macro to micro)
Event: Menudo ForoAcui
Type: Scientific crongress for primary students
Partner/s: IEO
Location: O Grove (Spain)
Date: 17/11/2023
A Vivir Galicia
Media: Entrevista en Cadena Ser sobre el impacto de los macroplásticos en el mejillón gallego
Partner/s: IEO
Date: 26/11/2024
13 días adicionales de pesca que parecen insuficientes
Media: Entrevista en Españoles en el Mar (RTVE) sobre el impacto de los macroplásticos en el mejillón gallego
Partner/s: IEO
Date: 26/11/2024
La basura plástica afecta al mejillón gallego y disminuye su productividad
Project Free LitterAT: Fighting Plastic Dispersion in the Oceans
Free LitterAT project
Mais de 80 Kg de resíduos retirados do mar e da orla do Paul do Mar
Ação de limpeza de lixo-mairnho na Praia Formosa
CETMAR promove o debate sobre a mellora da xestión das artes de pesca en desuso e do lixo recollido durante a pesca no marco dun taller do proxecto Free LitterAT
180 kg de lixo marinho removidos na Maiata
As redes sociais revelan o inmenso valor non recoñecido do voluntariado na limpeza de praias
O proxecto europeo Free LitterAT que coordina CETMAR consolida avances clave na loita contra o lixo mariño no Atlántico
Rios em Portugal levam “aporte significativo” de plástico para o oceano. Especialistas querem contabilizar
CETMAR promueve el debate sobre la mejora de la gestión de los artes de pesca en desuso y de la basura recogida durante la pesca en el marco de un taller del proyecto Free LitterAT
La Pesca de Basura en el marco de la Directiva PRF: experiencias y retos en el Atlántico
Atlantic Strategy | Newsletter #1 2026
Implementation Report 2025 Atlantic Action Plan 2.0 Atlantic Strategy Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism – Atlantic
A Pesca de Lixo no marco da Directiva PRF: experiencias e retos no Atlántico
Segundo webinar do projeto Free LitterAT
Webinar Free LitterAT: “Fishing for Litter in the frame of the PRF and SUP Directives: experiences and challenges in the Atlantic Area”
DRAM promotes an outreach and appreciation campaign for organizations collaborating on the Free LitterAT project
Echoo Madeira Nature Fest – Echoo Podcast-Marine Litter
One and a half tons of garbage removed in Selvagem Pequena
Marine litter monitoring in Selvagem Pequena Island
Source: Funchal Notícias; Diário de Notícias; Marinha Portuguesa
Partner/s: DRAM
Date: 12/08/2025
Free LitterAT project coordination meeting
Free LitterAT: Advancing towards litter-free Atlantic coastal communities by preventing and reducing macro and micro litter
DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Madeira Island
Partnerships strengthen the fight agaisn marine litter in Porto Santo
Source: Madeira local newspaper
Partner/s: DRAM
Date: 21/05/2025
Un brassard en filet de pêche recyclé à l’UBS pour le FCL
28 bags of marine litter removed from Mayo beach
Skip full of litter removed at Mayo beach by volunteers
Volunteers remove skip full of litter in one hour Mayo coastal clean-up
Volunteers remove a skip full of marine litter in just one hour from Blacksod Bay Beach
Large-scale litter survey and clean-up at Spanish Point beach
Working together for free litter coastal communities
80kg in waste collected by group of 42 volunteers in spanish point
O proxecto Free LitterAT, coordinado polo CETMAR, reúne nun kit de ferramentas en liña os recursos de 25 proxectos europeos para previr e reducir o lixo mariño
O proxecto Free LitterAT, coordinado polo CETMAR, reúne nun kit de ferramentas en liña os recursos de 25 proxectos europeos para previr e reducir o lixo mariño
The European Union working towards litter-free coastal communities
New Toolkit: Supporting Coastal Communities in Tackling Marine Litter
The European Union working towards litter-free coastal communities
DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Porto Santo Island
DRAM attended the 2nd International Workshop on Origins, Distribution and Fate of Marine Litter in the Atlantic
3ème réunion de coordination du projet Interreg Atlantic Area Free LitterAT
Source: Linked-in
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 15/11/2024
Promoted Port visits on Clean Coasts on instagram story
Source: An Taisce
Partner/s: An Taisce
Date: 07/11/2025
DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Porto Santo Island
Que faire des filets de pêche usagés ? L’UBS planche sur des solutions
Que faire des déchêts d’engins de pêche ?
Madeira Island takes part in Interreg Cooperation Day 2024
Interreg Cooperation Day Clean-Up in Madeira
DRAM will be carrying out a coastal cleaning action on one of the accumulation sites of Madeira with the general public, as well as associations and institutions, within the scope of International Coastal Cleanup Day.
Marine litter monitoring in Selvagem Pequena Island
DRAM developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Porto Santo Island
El consorcio Free Litter AT, que coordina CETMAR, se reúne en Galway para analizar los avances del proyecto en la gestión y disminución de la basura marina
Source: CETMAR news
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 08/07/2024
2nd coordination meeting of Free litterAT in Galway-Ireland
Source: DRAM website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 03/07/2024
OSPAR meeting of ICG-ML in Funchal (Madeira) – 18-21 june – Presentation of Free litterAT project by CEDRE; Projetct Activities by ARDITI and Workshop on sources of Marine Litter by DRAAC.
Free-LitterAT – Advancing towards litter-free Atlantic coastal communities by preventing and reducing macro and micro litter
Source: UL-CUL website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 12/06/2024
DRAAC developed a marine litter removal in a coastal accumulation site in Madeira Island
Galicia lidera un proyecto europeo por un Atlántico limpio de redes y microplásticos
Source: La Voz de Galicia
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 27/02/2024
Más de una veintena de organizaciones se unen en el proyecto europeo “Free Litterat” para combatir la basura marina en la costa atlántica
Source: Industrias pesqueras
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 26/02/2024
Kick-off do projeto Free-LitterAT em Vigo
Source: ARDTITI website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
24 organizaciones europeas trabajarán en la búsqueda de soluciones innovadoras para prevenir, vigilar y reducir la basura marina a través del proyecto ‘Free LitterAT’
Source: Noticias Vigo
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
24 organizaciones europeas trabajarán en la búsqueda de soluciones innovadoras para prevenir, vigilar y reducir la basura marina a través del proyecto ‘Free LitterAT’
Source: Gov clipping
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
24 organizacións europeas traballarán na busca de solucións innovadoras para previr, vixiar e reducir o lixo mariño a través do proxecto ‘Free LitterAT’
Source: COPE
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 25/02/2024
Kick-off do projeto Free-LitterAT em Vigo
Source: DRAM facebook site
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 24/01/224
The project consists of preserving biodiversity and reducing pollution in the oceans
Source: UL-CUL website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 29/11/2023
O projeto consiste na preservação da biodiversidade e na redução da poluição nos oceanos
Source: UL-CUL website
Partner/s: An Taisce, ARDITI, Cedre, CETMAR, CIIMAR, DGRM, DRAM, IEO, INTECMAR, IFREMER, MI, UBS COMPOSITIC, UL-CUL, USC
Date: 29/11/2023
Automated Integration of Fisheries Sampling Methodologies (AMORES)
Event: Oceanographic campaign
Partner/s: IEO-CSIC
Type: Oceanographic campaign
Location: Ría de Vigo (Spain)
Date: 13-15/05/2025
Students supervision
Event: Global Approach by Modular Experiments (GAME-Program)
Partner/s: IEO-CSIC
Location: Ría de Vigo (Spain)
Date: 21/04/2025 to 30/09/2025