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Last month the initiative “Fishing for a Sea without Trash” was launched, a project coordinated by Docapesca with the aim of reducing marine litter and promoting environmental conditions improvement in Portuguese coastal areas.
Ericeira grabbed the opportunity and has recently become one of the fishing ports to embrace this initiative, in a partnership that involves several entities in addition to Docapesca (such as the Municipality of Mafra, the European University, Tratolixo and the Professional Fishermen Association of Ericeira), with a total of 12 vessels representing a universe of 40 fishermen.
so far, more than 4692 m³ of undifferentiated waste and more than 2185 m³ of packages have been collected
“Fishing for a Sea Without Trash” is a project integrated into one of the voluntary commitments assumed by Portugal, within the scope of the 14-Oceans Sustainable Development goal, which promotes the selective collecting of waste generated on board and captured in fishing gear, providing the adequate infrastructure for its reception on land and subsequent assess.
So far, more than 4692 m³ of undifferentiated waste and more than 2185 m³ of packages have been collected, a result obtained by the joint effort of over 52 partner entities, 28 producer organizations, 796 vessels and 3197 fishermen.
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