THE CONSORTIUM

The NETTAG+ consortium is a multidisciplinary
and international team, composed of
15 participants from
7 different countries

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NETTAG+ brings together an international and multidisciplinary consortium including:

NETTAG+ brings together an international and multidisciplinary consortium including: scientists (CIIMAR, INESC TEC, USC, UNEW, UAveiro), the fishing industry (ARVI, APMSHM, CoGePa, C&S), governmental fisheries authorities (MAFA), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) (WWF), and technological (Succorfish) and knowledge-management companies (ERINN).

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CIIMAR - Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
CIIMAR is the coordinating entity of the project and is responsible for transversal activities as its project manager, actively participating in exploitation and dissemination actions. CIIMAR is also responsible for the environmental impact assessments, and also supports awareness actions.

Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões.
Av. General Norton de Matos, S/N
4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal

(+351) 22 340 18 00
https://www2.ciimar.up.pt/

CONTACT:
Sandra Ramos (ssramos@ciimar.up.pt)
Marisa Almeida (calmeida@ciimar.up.pt)
INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência

INESC TEC is in charge of the development of the recovery system for lost fishing gears and for developing, testing and demonstration of the mapping and recovery system for ALDFG. INESC TEC also contributes to results exploitation, as well as to dissemination and communication activities of NETTAG+ results.

Campus da FEUP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
4200-465, Porto, Portugal

(+351) 222 094 000
https://www.inesctec.pt/

CONTACT:
Diana Viegas (diana.viegas@inesctec.pt)
Alfredo Martins (alfredo.martins@inesctec.pt)

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
USC - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

USC is in charge of designing surveys, conducting interviews and developing virtual scenarios through local-based participatory workshops with key stakeholders, social science data collection and analysis, as well as promoting awareness actions and engaging with stakeholders. USC is also responsible for the cost-benefit analysis of the innovative solutions.

Praza do Obradoiro, s/n
15705 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña), Spain

(+34) 881 81 10 00
https://www.usc.gal/en

CONTACT:
Sebastian Villasante (sebastian.villasante@usc.es)
Gill Ainsworth (gill.ainsworth@usc.es)

UA - Universidade de Aveiro

UA is involved in the survey design and in social science data collection and analysis, preparation of education and awareness materials, engagement with policy makers, and dissemination of innovative solutions to a wide variety of audiences.

Campus Universitário de Santiago
3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

(+351) 234 370 200
https://www.ua.pt/

CONTACT:
Cristina Pita (c.pita@ua.pt)

UNEW - Newcastle University
UNEW leads the development and testing of acoustic tags and location systems and works with SF and C&S to engineer workable and cost-effective products for use by fishers, contributing also to the detection of untagged nets and results exploitation, as well as for dissemination and communication activities of NETTAG+ results.
UNEW is supported by UKRI under the UK Government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee Grant No. 10066822 (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne).




Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, Newcastle, United Kingdom

+44 (0)191 208 6000
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/

CONTACT:
Jeff Neasham (jeff.neasham@ncl.ac.uk)
WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF Mediterranean and its affiliated partners (WWF Italia and WWF Adria) are working directly with small-scale fishers in Italy and Croatia to increase awareness on marine litter and test NETTAG+ solutions, promoting awareness and communications actions to reach a wider public.

Fondazione WWF Mediterranean (WWF Med)
Via PO 25/c
Roma 00198, Italy

CONTACT:
Stefania Campogianni (scampogianni@wwfmedpo.org)
ERINN Innovation
ERINN leads the exploitation of the solutions from NETTAG+ and the transfer of the results and knowledge to key stakeholders in fisheries. ERINN also participates in dissemination and communication activities.

Olympic House, Pleasants St,
Dublin D08 H67X, IRELAND

https://erinn.eu/

CONTACT:
Marieke Reuver (marieke@erinn.eu)
Rebecca Pflanz (rebecca.pflanz@erinn.eu)
ARVI – Cooperativa de Armadores de Pesca del Puerto de Vigo
ARVI contributes to organising workshops and awareness actions in Spain, including the Clean Ocean Day demonstration event and promotes the participation of its members to these actions. ARVI also provides inputs on technology development as well as demonstration and communication events.

Puerto Pesquero, Edificio Cooperativa de Armadores 36202, Vigo, Spain

(+34) 986 433 844
http://www.arvi.org/

CONTACT:
Jorge Romón (jorge@arvi.org)
APMSHM - Associação Pró-Maior Segurança
dos Homens do Mar
APMSHM participates in organising workshops and awareness actions in Portugal including the Clean Ocean Day demonstration event and promotes the participation of its members to these actions. APMSHM provides also inputs on technologies development as well as demonstration and communication events.

Zona Portuária - Molhe Norte, Apart. 142
4494-909, Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal

(+351) 252 623 358
https://www.apmshm.pt/

CONTACT:
João Leite (direcao@apmshm.pt)
Bruna Silva (brunasilva@apmshm.pt)
MAFA - Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Animal Rights
MAFA participates in organising workshops and awareness actions, including the Clean Ocean Day demonstration event, and promotes the participation of its members to these actions. MAFA also provides inputs on technologies development as well as demonstration and communication events.

24 Old Bakery Street Valletta VLT 1454, Malta

(+356) 22926890
https://agrifish.gov.mt

CONTACT:
Mifsud Jurgen (jurgen.a.mifsud@gov.mt)
CoGePa
CoGePa, together with WWF Italia, participates in organizing workshops and awareness actions aimed at fishers in Italy including the Clean Ocean Day demonstration event and promotes the participation of its members to these actions. CoGePa also provides inputs on technology development as well as demonstration and communication events.

Via Torre Forte 62
98054 Tonnarella di Furnari (ME), Italy

+39 3201866738
https://www.cogepaportorosa.it/

CONTACT:
Settimo Accetta (settimoaccetta72@gmail.com)
SF - Succorfish
SF is working closely with UNEW to engineer pre-production prototypes for acoustic tag and locator devices and to develop the user interface/app for the system, contributing also to the commercial exploitation route of this technology.
Succorfish is supported by UKRI under the UK Government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee Grant No. 10066822 (Succorfish Ltd.)




1 Liddell Street, North Shields
NE30 1HE, United Kingdom

+44 (0) 191 447 6883
www.succorfish.com/

CONTACT:
Chad Hooper (chad@succorfish.com)
C&S - Cadilhe & Santos
C&S contributes to tags and retrieving vehicle development and technology development for ALDFG detection, as well as for the assessment of gears environmental harmfulness. C&S is also involved in awareness, exploitation, dissemination and communication activities of NETTAG+ results.

Zona Industrial, 1ª Fase, Rua A, n.º 374 Neiva
4931-235, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

(+351) 258 351 547
www.cadilhe-santos.pt

CONTACT:
Paulo Cadilhe (deptecnico@cadilhe-santos.pt)

This multidisciplinary team brings together complementary expertise in different areas of knowledge, creating the ideal and necessary conditions to achieve the proposed objectives.

Moreover, NETTAG+ promotes a strong academia-industry collaboration through existing networks of the consortium partners.

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Funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Program, Grant No. 101112812 (NETTAG+). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

UK partners University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Succorfish Ltd. are funded by the UKRI under the agreement on the association of the UK to Horizon Europe (Grant No. 10066822).

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