Smart technology for MArinE Litter SusTainable RemOval and Management

Informazioni relative al progetto

MAELSTROM

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101000832

DOI 10.3030/101000832

Data della firma CE 18 Settembre 2020

Data di avvio 1 Gennaio 2021

Data di completamento 31 Dicembre 2024

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Costo totale € 6 809 461,25

Contributo UE € 5 988 295,63

Coordinato da

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy

Risultati finali

Documents, reports (15)

Report on the characterization of major sources of ML and macro-plastic in the demo sites

The review will include the collection on ML information derived from the bibliographic survey to define sources and types of macroplastic items in demo sites

Report on site identification and installation of the Seabed Cleaning System in Venice

The report will provide the identification of the demostration sites in Venice on the basis of data and information gathered during the implementation of WP2 related to density of ML pollution and state of the marine ecosystemsand the results of preliminary installation and the pre testing operation beta test undertaken by ST in its facilities in Port Marghera

Preliminary report on the Cable robot autonomous control using Machine learning for litter identification

The report will describe the preliminary results on the Cable robot autonomous control using Machine learning for litter identification

MAELSTROM Project Handbook

Report providing common quality standards for important aspects of project management to all partners

Plan for Communication and Dissemination

It includes the Communication Toolkit visual identity project leaflet enewsletters and website linked to social media channels

Joint Strategy and Dissemination Plan of Networking Actions

The Forum created in T71 will set in place a plan for joint cooperation and dissemination within the family of Marine Litter prevention and removal actions at the national regional and European level for impact maximization

First Interim communication and dissemination report

It includes all communication and dissemination activities carried out by all partners in the first reporting period including the description of capacity building training by VLPF the realization of the real size recycled plastic whales project flagship characters and of 2 short videos The description of the cleanup campaigns is responsibility of VLPF

Risk Management Plan

Report indicating the measures to be taken to mitigate the possible risks of the project

Guidelines on how to consider ML pollution and remediation in marine spatial planning

The report will describe tools and methods available to marine and coastal planners for ML sources identification, assessment and remediation techniques.

Report on numerical modelling tools to support MAELSTROM removal activities in the demo sites

The report will include the results of the hydrodynamic models used to identify potential hot spots on the Venice demo site and its related maps as well as the initial calibration/validation results for the hydrodynamic/hydrological models for the Porto region demo site.

Second Interim communication and dissemination report

It includes all communication and dissemination activities carried out by all partners in the second reporting period, including final video and the realization of the E-technical brochure in English. The description of the clean-up campaigns is responsibility of VLPF.

Report on site identification and installation of the Surface Water Colum System in the Porto region

The report will describe the identified demo site in the Porto region and its characteristics to respond to all the technical requirements previously set out and to perform as an exemplary case study for plastic removal and ecosystem assessment

Ecosystem state and ML pollution assessment in the two demo sites (Lagoon of Venice and the Porto region)

The Report will include the results of the assessment of ML presence and the condition of the biological communities before the starting of the cleaning operations in the two demo sites

Final version of Plan for Communication and Dissemination

Summary of the up-dates of the communication and dissemination plan carried out during the project activities.

Creation and operationalization of a thematic working group on ML and Plastic Strategy

This report will summarize the results of the coordinating efforts and shared goals of the networking activities carried out in T7.1. The working group will transfer the acquired knowledge and engage with policy-forming and policy-implementing actors.

Other (2)

Report on the design and integration of the Automated Seabed Cleaning Platform, including video of a teleoperated Cleaning Operation in a representative environment in Venice.

The report will describe the floating platform and industrial equipment including its design manufacturing and integration the underwater cable robot design and manufacturing the results of the underwater perception cable robot teleoperated control and preliminary testing

Set up of project structures

The relevant figures in the Project Management Team will be appointed to ensure the coordination of the project progress and liaison between the consortium members associate consortium and Advisory Group members the EC and third parties

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Report and video about the Cable robot control with Shared autonomy

The report will provide Information about the Cable robot control with Shared autonomy documented also with video

Open Research Data Pilot (2)

Data Management Plan 2

New report providing an update of the MAELSTROM data management plan for the RP2

Data Management Plan and Quality Assurance Plan

Report providing an analysis of the main elements of the data management policy and the guidelines for the quality of project deliverables and overall outputs in MAELSTROM

Pubblicazioni

Thesis and dissertations (10)

Hydrodynamical conditions of shallow water estuaries and their influence in marine litter transport patterns.

Autori: Léa Josse
Pubblicato in: MA in Fluid Mechanics, Energy, and Environment, 2021
Editore: ENSEEIHT

Characterization and analysis of Portuguese marine litter and its link with estuarine hydrodynamics

Autori: Maite Lupiac
Pubblicato in: MA in Fluid Mechanics, Energy, and Environment, 2022
Editore: ENSEEIHT/CNRS

Underwater Robotics and Deep-Learning based Image Processing

Autori: F. Picamal
Pubblicato in: Mines Paris – PSL, 2023
Editore: CNRS

Implementation of an estuarine numerical model to represent hydrodynamic patterns and marine litter transport.

Autori: Amine Mohammed
Pubblicato in: MA in Marine Engineering, 2023
Editore: Engineering School of the University of Toulon

Marine litter characterization and awareness actions in the NW coast of Portugal.

Autori: Olatz Ortega
Pubblicato in: Erasmus Mundus Joint MA in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2022
Editore: University of Porto

Environmental data collection for ecological status assessment and monitoring of microplastics pollution in sediments in the Ave River estuary

Autori: Giorgio Simone
Pubblicato in: MA in Marine BIology, 2023
Editore: University of Bologna

Monitoring of macro- and microlitter in the Venice lagoon and coastal area

Autori: Susanna Mesghez
Pubblicato in: MSc in Marine BIology, 2023
Editore: University of Bologna

Monitoring litter pollution and zooplankton community in the Ave River estuary, Portugal

Autori: Claudia Pezzilli
Pubblicato in: MSc in Marine BIology, 2023
Editore: University of Bologna

Avaliação do estado do ecossistema e da qualidade das águas de transição do rio Ave.

Autori: Rui Moreira
Pubblicato in: MA Ecology and Environment, 2022
Editore: University of Porto

Avaliação do Lixo Marinho e Microplásticos nas Águas de Transição do rio Ave

Autori: Daniela Padilha
Pubblicato in: MA Ecology and Environment, 2022
Editore: University of Porto

Conference proceedings (5)

High resolution mapping before and after seafloor macrolitter removal by an innovative robotic solution in the Venice lagoon, Italy

Autori: F. Madricardo, V. Moschino, A. Petrizzo, D. Galvez, T. Marčeta, N. Nesto, S. Mesghez, D. Sallé, M. Rodriguez, J. Gorrotxategi, P.-E. Herve, A. Oyarzabal, D. Culla, M. Gouttefarde, V. Creuze, C. Barrelet, N. Ferrari
Pubblicato in: GEOHAB 2023 Book of Abstracts, 2023, Pagina/e 53
Editore: GEOHAB

Mapping macro- and microliter distribution in the Venice coastal area (Italy)

Autori: S. Mesghez, V. Moschino*, N. Nesto, T. Marčeta, A. Petrizzo, D. Galvez, I. Guarneri, F. Foglini, F. Madricardo
Pubblicato in: GEOHAB 2023 Book of Abstracts, 2023, Pagina/e 56
Editore: GEOHAB
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7890332

From TrashCan to UNO: Deriving an Underwater Image Dataset To Get a More Consistent and Balanced Version

Autori: Cyril Barrelet, Marc Chaumont, Gérard Subsol, Vincent Creuze, Marc Gouttefarde
Pubblicato in: HAL Open Science, 2023
Editore: HAL Open Science
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37731-0_30

The Robotic Seabed Cleaning Platform: An Underwater Cable-Driven Parallel Robot for Marine Litter Removal

Autori: Marc Gouttefarde, Mariola Rodriguez, Cyril Barrelet, Pierre-Elie Hervé, Vincent Creuze, Jose Gorrotxategi, Arkaitz Oyarzabal, David Culla, Damien Sallé, Olivier Tempier, et al.
Pubblicato in: HAL Open Science, 2023
Editore: HAL Open Science
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32322-5_35

Mapping of seafloor marine macrolitter distribution in the Venice coastal area

Autori: A. Petrizzo, I. Guarneri, D. Galvez, T. Marčeta, V. Moschino, N. Nesto, M. Sigovini, D. Tagliapietra, D. Sallé, M. Rodriguez, F. Madricardo
Pubblicato in: GeoHab2022 Abstract Volume - GeoHab Conference, Venice, Italy, 16th to 20th May 2022., 2022, Pagina/e 70
Editore: CNR-ISMAR

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Socio-economic factors affecting the distribution of marine litter: The Portuguese case study.

Autori: Iglesias, M. Lupiac, L. R. Vieira, S.C. Antunes, J. Mira-Veiga, I. Sousa-Pinto, A. Lobo
Pubblicato in: Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023, ISSN 0025-326X
Editore: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115168