Blue Growth Working Group Innovative solutions to preventing marine litter Brussels 18.10.2019 ERRIN – European Regions Research and Innovation Netw...
Our Ocean Conference 2019- Oslo 23-23 October
Our Ocean “Vision: A conference to learn, share and act for a clean, healthy and productive ocean.” Next week will see delegates gather fr...
Open Seminar at DTU
The BCE project team met recently in Copenhagen on the grounds of Danish Technical University(DTU), where, among other items discussed, the team heard...
Welcome to open Seminar “Blue Circular Economy – Recycling of fishing gear” Thursday 4th of October 2019
Thursday 04. October at 16.00 – 17.00 At DTU Civil Engineering, the Technical University of Denmark, Building 118, room 003 Siv Marina Flø Grimstad...
New study highlights prevalence of plastic pollution in gannet nests
A new study has highlighted the threat marine plastic poses to the North Atlantic’s largest seabird. Researchers explored Northern Gannet population...
“Land Møter Hav” – Land Meets Sea
Members of the Blue Circular Economy team will present the project and its aims at a national bio-economy conference taking place on September 23rd in...
Big Beach Clean 2019
This weekend will see a huge number of volunteers take to Ireland’s beaches to take part in the Big Beach Clean initiative. The event, which is orga...
Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, Harald Tom Nesvik, visits NTNU’s campus Ålesund & discusses BCE
The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, Harald Tom Nesvik, visited NTNU’s campus Ålesund on Thursday 22nd of August 2019. He also visited BCE’s st...
Public asked to help with research into impact of plastics on birds
A ground-breaking website has been launched to gather information about the interaction between birds and debris such as plastics. Members of the publ...
Single Use Plastics Dominate Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG) Brussels Workshop
The recent adoption of the Single-Use Plastics Directive has wide ranging impacts for lifecycle of fishing gear, component and nets (FNCRs). EU Mem...