New knowledge for reduction and utilization of marine waste from fisheries (RE-D-USE)

• Main Authors: Vangelsten, Bjørn Vidar, Olsen, Julia, Haarr, Marthe Larsen, Havas, Vilma, Normann, Anne Katrine, Ivanova, Ludmila, Sanli, Elizabeth
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Nordlandsforskning 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Murmansk; Norway; Nordland; North-West Russia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2727739

The RE-D-USE project (“New knowledge for reduction and utilization of marine waste from fisheries”) was financed by the Norwegian Ministry for Climate and Environment through the Arctic 2030 programme and led by Nordland Research Institute. The project period was June 2017 – March 2019. The project has been a collaboration between Norwegian, Russian and Canadian researchers, fishers’ organizations, maritime schools and recycling businesses. A high portion of the marine litter in the Barents part of the Arctic relates to fisheries activities that threatens marine life, food safety and food security. The RE-D-USE-project has worked with fishers to identify causes and solutions related to marine waste from fisheries and has developed and tested an educational program for fishers to reduce waste and gear loss. RED-USE also investigated the potential for circular economy ventures based on marine waste as a resource. The project´s geographical focus has been the three northernmost counties of Norway and the Murmansk region in North-West Russia. RE-D-USE has had three work packages. publishedVersion