The CNR IRBIM is involved in carrying out specific technical-scientific activities useful for achieving the project objectives, set out in OR 3, valorisation of waste as part of the INNOVITTIC Project. These activities, carried out at the COSVAP and IRBIM CNR headquarters (Mazara del Vallo headquarters), alongside the researchers involved in carrying out the research project, are aimed at:
a) quantitative evaluation of the main sources of production of by-products of the Sicilian fish supply chain;
b) evaluation of the bycatch of the Sicilian navies, through the analysis of the data available in the literature;
c) collection and transport of samples, at the Institute of Marine Biology in Trapani, of samples of the main by-product references, in agreement with UNIME and CUPT.
A sampling campaign of study and observations involving marine scientists and citizens in the common effort to produce a series of snapshots from the sea during lockdown.
Support the Competent Authorities in the Mediterranean region and UNEP/MAP to facilitate the necessary cooperation for the next implementation cycle of the MSFD - Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Provide the Regional Administration and operators in the sector with technical-scientific information for a rational and sustainable management of clam fishing with hydraulic dredges.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.