Andreja palatinus overview of the proposed defishgear monitoring and assessment strategy of micro li

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Overview of the proposed DeFishGearMonitoring and Assessment Strategy of micro litter

Andreja Palatinus, IWRS

dr. Manca Kovač Viršek, IWRS

WP3 Conference

25th March 2015, Split Croatia


Main goal of WP5

• To choose common approach to assess microplastic pollution on sea surface (accumulation zones, fishery areas, river outflows), beach sediment and ingested by biota (commercially available fish);

• Analyse chemical composition of found microlitter;

• Analyse POPs on pellets and larger pieces;

• Start research activities on nanoplastic(<0,3mm) analysis.


Partnership

Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia

The National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia

ARPA Emilio-Romagna, Italy

Ca‘Foscari University of Venice, Italy

University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia

Hydro-engineering Institute of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sarajevo

Bosnia&Herzegovina

Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research,Greece

Euro-Mediterranean Center or Climate Change, Italy


WP5 Timeline

5.1 - Defining an assessment and monitoring strategy for microplastics in the Adriatic

5.2 - Pilot survey I based on modeling results (sea surface, beach sediment)

5.3 - Data collection, evaluation, processing, validation of modeling

5.4 - Pilot survey II in fishing areas (sea surface, biota)

5.5 - Data analysis and reporting


WP5 Activities

Nov2013

Jan 2014

Mar 2014

May 2014

Jul 2014

Sep 2014

Nov 2014

Jan 2015

Mar 2015

May 2015

Jul 2015

Sep 2015

Nov2015

Jan 2016

Mar 2016

Defining an assessment

and monitoring strategy for

microplastics in the Adriatic

Pilot survey Ibased on modeling

approach (sea surface, beach

sediment, rivers)*

Data analysis

and reporting

Data collection, evaluation, processing,

validation of modeling

Pilot survey II in fishing areas (sea surface, biota)*

Sampling and sample analysis of nanoplastics (size/shape distribution, chemical composition, OCland PCB analysis*)

5.1

Nov 2013 May 2014

5.2

May 2014 Oct 2014

5.3

Nov 2014 Mar 2014

5.4

May 2014 October 2014

5.5

May 2014 October

2014


Sampling activities

• 2014 seasurface + riverine outflow + beach sediment

sampling locations were determined by the calculation of the accumulation zones of pollution by CMCC (exceptBosnia & Herzegovina and Slovenia)

• 2015 seasurface + biota

sampling locations will be in

fishing areas (except Bosnia &

Herzegovina and Slovenia)

Foto: CMCC


Seasurface

• IWRS & ARPA experience

• Manta net (Eriksen)

• Out of the wake zone using a spinnaker boom or „A“ frame

• 30 min, speed 2.5 - 3 knots

• Only in calm weather (1-2 beaufort)

• Seasonality

Foto: Eriksen

Precaution to minimise contamination &Metadata recording as in TG ML Guidelines


Beach sediment

• HCMR experience

• Sand sampling

• 5 samples / location

• Sampling separately for Small (<1mm) and Large microplastics (1,1-5mm)

• 1 season in 2014

Precaution to minimise contamination &Metadata recording as in TG ML Guidelines


Biota

• HCMR & IOF experience

• Commercially available fish species

• Sampling and analysis protocol in developme

• Only in 2015


POPs analysis

• University of Nova Gorica, Slovenija experiences

• Extraction of POPs from pellets and other smallplastic particles (2-5 cm)

• Samples sent to Nova Gorica from all countries

• Beach litter sampling


Chemical analysis

• Chemical Institute Ljubljana experiences

• Validation of material characterization of plastic particles discovered in WP5 sampling procedures

• Analysis done in one location from particles from all countries


Nanoplastics (0.03-0.3mm)

• Ca‘ Foscari UNIVE experience and work

• Experimental part of the project

Aim:

• Development of specific protocols for the determination of nanoplastics by modification/adaptation of methodologies and protocols already available (proposed/applied) for microplastics, as those recently recommended by European Commission Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter


Nanoplastics

• data to be obtained and reported for a correct assessment of nanoplastic pollution and identification of impacts on marine biota

• metrics (number, mass)

• size distribution

• shape (sphere, fiber, platelet, etc.)

• chemical composition (polymer composition)

• impurities (organic, inorganic)


Monitoring of sea surface microplastic

Number of samples per countryCountry Year 2014 Year 2015 (fishery area)

Type of sample Number of

sampling days

Number of

samples

Number of

sampling

days

Number of

samples

Croatia Sea surface 1 day 5 1 day 5

River outflow

surface

1 day 5

Beach sediment 6 periods 40

Italy Sea surface 2 days 8 2 days 10

River outflow

surface

1 day 3

Beach sediment 3 days+ 2 days 16 + 10

Albania Sea surface 1 day 5

River outflow

surface

1 day 2

Beach sediment 2 days 15

Greece Sea surface 1 period 15 2 days 10

Beach sediment 1 period 11

Slovenia Sea surface 1 period) 4 1 day 5

Beach sediment 2 days 12

Bosnia -

Herzegovina

Sea surface 1 day 2 1 day 5

+ biota samples


Thank you very much for your attention!

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