CleanAtlantic participated in the “III Seminar for the Protection of the Marine Environment: The marine litter threat” held by the CEIDA (Centro de Extensión Universitaria e Divulgación Ambiental de Galicia) on the 3rd and 4th October, in Oleiros, A Coruña (Spain). The event was organised by the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO).

The CleanAtlantic coordinator, Marisa Fernández, presented the main objectives and activities that are being carried out in the project.

The objective of this seminar was to make a diagnosis about the experience accumulated by the fisheries sector in Fishing for litter projects in Spain, and to assess the feasibility of a long-term sustainable national scheme for marine litter.