Marzia Capasso
Administrative Collaborator
Ancona
LIFE ELIFE
Elasmobranchs Low-Impact Fishing Esperience
The ELIFE project aims to improve the conservation of elasmobranch species (sharks and rays) by promoting best conservation practices in European professional fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea by carrying out pilot and demonstration actions in Italian and Greek ports. Specific objectives of the project are:
– reduction in bycatch of many threatened elasmobranchs, critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable species, during professional fishing activities;
– reduction in mortality of threatened elasmobranchs during professional fishing activities;
– elimination of catches for the endangered shark Carcharhinus plumbeus caused by trawling in Lampione Island waters;
– reduction of incidental catch and collisions and anthropogenic disturbance on the endangered basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, in the North Sardinian Sea;
– implementation of appropriate conservation measures with ecosystem approach to fisheries through the preparation and adoption of specific local management plans;
– support management authorities for shark conservation and management policies in IT and CY by providing more recent and in-depth data for environmental status assessment and implementing activities consistent with a management plan for this species.
PROJECT COMPLETED
Referent:
Programme: LIFE+
Web Site: https://www.elifeproject.eu/
Duration: October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2025
Budget: 3.365.797,00 €
Budget IRBIM: 456.890,00 €
Areas of Research:
TEAM
Fabio Falsone
Researcher
Mazara Del Vallo
Andrea Fanelli
Research Fellow
Ancona
Simona Franguelli
Administrative Collaborator
Ancona
Vita Gancitano
Technologist
Mazara Del Vallo
Michele Luca Geraci
Technologist
Mazara Del Vallo
Massimo Leonetti
Technical Operator
Ancona
Alessandro Lucchetti
Senior Researcher
Ancona
Massimiliano Pinat
Technologist
Ancona
Claudio Vasapollo
Researcher
Ancona
Sergio Vitale
Researcher
Mazara Del Vallo
Research Projects
Referent:
Enrico Arneri
Supporting political and operational decisions in the fisheries sector in order to contribute to the protection of marine ecosystems and the economic well-being of the communities involved
Referent:
Emanuela Frapiccini
Sustainable and innovative feeds from agricultural wastes for a resilient and high-quality aquaculture.
Referent:
Gianna Fabi
ADRIREEF tests innovative actions to assess the suitability of natural and artificial reefs for the development of sustainable activities and in line with Blue Economy principles.
Referent:
Valentina Lauria
Restore deep sea ecosystems and promote social support, governance and financing.
Referent:
Gian Marco Luna
To assess the consequences of ice melting on biodiversity and functioning of the microbial food web in the pelagic ecosystem of the Terranova Bay coastal area (Ross Sea).