Funding Agency: European Comission. DG ENV/MSFD 2018
Partners: HCMR (GR), ISPRA (IT), UNEXE (UK), PAU-DEKAMER (TK), FRCT (PT), UVEG (ES), CNR (IT), INSTM (TN), ULPGC (ES), MTES (FR), DGSCM –SGPM (ES)
Time active: 2019-2021
Leading researcher: Dr. Claude Miaud. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) (FR). From the ULPGC partner. Dra. María M. Gómez Cabrera
Number of researchers involved: 20
Funds: 1,312,691 euros (ULPGC: 178,969 euros)

Abstract:
The project will aim to capitalize the INDICIT results ( project 2017-2019) concerning networking, elaboration of standard guidelines, collection of large standard data set and evaluation of GES scenario for the indicator “Litter ingested by sea turtles”, as well as the identification of the key elements for the implementation of two other indicators for the monitoring of litter impacts “Biota entanglement in debris” and “Micro-debris ingestion by biota”. General objectives are (1) to capitalize the practical outcomes related to networking, development of standardized tools, gathering of standard data and GES assessments for the Indicator “Litter ingested by sea turtles”, (2) to support the implementation of the indicators “Entanglement of sea turtles, birds, cetaceans in floating debris” and “Micro-plastic ingestion by fish and sea turtles”, (3) to support of next 6-year cycle of MSFD implementation by testing the indicators (especially the more advanced “Litter ingested by sea turtles”) in response to National PoMs in several pilot areas.