Innovation Materials

The main objective of the project is to reduce the environmental impact of fishing nets and gear at the end of their useful life by identifying those types of equipment that are currently difficult to separate and recycle but have high potential for redesign according to eco-design criteria. This potential will be assessed by considering factors such as intensity of use, technical requirements, and availability of product information. This eco-design aims to reduce the number of nets and gear that end up in landfills or energy recovery facilities, as well as to promote their repair, reuse and recycling.

The expected outcomes are the design and implementation of a specific eco-design methodology for fishing nets and gear; the development of new designs with a positive impact on the environment, society and the economy; the total or partial reproduction of the changes achieved through eco-design; and the dissemination and raising of awareness of sustainability in the fishing industry.

Consortium: Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia (CTAG) (Coordinator), Confederación Española de Pesca (CEPESCA).

Funding: This project is being developed in collaboration with the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, through the Pleamar Programme, and is co-financed by the European Union through the EMFF (European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund). It also contributes to the objectives of LIFE IP INTEMARES.

The main objective is to promote, at the national level, the implementation of a comprehensive system for the collection, transport and recovery of discarded fishing gear, ensuring compliance with extended producer responsibility, traceability and the reincorporation of its components into the circular economy, with the aim of moving towards zero waste in the fishing sector.

The expected outcomes are national support for joining the management system for discarded fishing gear for its reintroduction into the circular economy; dissemination of the new regulations on the management of discarded fishing nets and gear and promotion of the creation of an extended responsibility management entity; the promotion of research, eco-design and development of discarded net and gear components for the production of new nets and gear through reuse; collection and treatment of 30 tonnes of discarded fishing nets and gear for return through the circular economy; disseminating the principles of the circular economy in the fishing sector, highlighting the tradition, knowledge and role of entities and professionals dedicated to fishing nets and gear, through awareness-raising and participation actions.

Consortium: Confederación Española de Pesca (CEPESCA) (Coordinator), Federación Nacional de Cofradías de Pescadores (FNCP), Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia (CTAG).

Funding: This project is being developed with the collaboration of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, through the Pleamar Program, and is co-financed by the European Union through the FEMPA (European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund). It also contributes to the objectives of LIFE IP INTEMARES.

Proyect: REDES DE ESPAÑA

The aim is to create a certification for the management of fishing nets and gear that have reached the end of their useful life. In addition, circularity solutions will be sought through the design of new materials derived from nets and gear for the automotive, naval and aeronautical industries, among others. Awareness will also be raised about the problems of marine pollution, the care of marine habitats and the circular economy.

The expected outcomes are the validation of the certification developed, the promotion of the creation of new recycled materials, thereby reducing pollution, and the implementation of circular economy practices as an example to follow.

Consortium: Confederación Española de Pesca (CEPESCA) (Coordinator), Federación Nacional de Cofradías de Pescadores (FNCP), Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia (CTAG).

Funded by: This project is being developed in collaboration with the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, through the Pleamar Programme, and is co-financed by the European Union through the EMFF (European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund). It also contributes to the objectives of LIFE IP INTEMARES.

Center of excellence in circular economy of the Euroregion of northern Portugal and Galicia.

Objective: An eco-design framework will be implemented with a holistic user-centred energy management system control architecture based on adaptive digital twins, model-based predictive control and AI, etc.

Consortium: Virtual Vehicle (Coordinator, AT), MAGNA (AT), Bosch (AT), CTAG (ES), Univ. Brussel (BE), Uni. Surrey (UK), Bosch (DE), Assoc Europeen de Fournisseurs Automobiles (BE), SIRO (TR), Renault (TR), UZT (TR).