BALLAST WATER
Ballast water transferred by vessels is recognized by the United Nations as a prominent vector for transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens across natural barriers.
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Volume of Ballast Water
The volume of Ballast Water discharged in the Adriatic Sea ports is above 10 million tons per year.
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NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES
In the whole Adriatic region 190 non-indigenous species were registred by Zenetos et al. (2010).
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INTEGRATING ACTIVITIES
The BALMAS project integrates all necessary activities to enable a long-term, environmentally efficient and financially and maritime transport sustainable implementation of ballast water management measures in the Adriatic.
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AVOIDING UNWANTED RISKS
Within BALMAS we will establish a common cross-border system linking all Adriatic research, experts and national responsible authorities in order to avoid the unwanted risks to the environment and humans from the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through the control and management of ships’ ballast waters and sediments.
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BALMAS - Ballast water management for Adriatic Sea protection
Sampling of benthic communities and mobile epifauna, crabs, fish and shrimps have been carried out in May 2014 at four sampling sites: Ancona (7th-8th May), Trieste (12th-13th May), Venice (19th-21th May) and Bari (26th-27th May). Picture is showing benthos sampling “grattage” by the scuba divers of the Italian Coast Guard (Ancona port). Written by Dr. Fabio Grati
During May 2014 (between 8th and 24th) the first complete sampling activities of water and sediment for the goals of port baseline survey were carried out in the Italian port of Ancona, coordinated by the CNR-ISMAR of Ancona. On picture, surface water sampling from CNR ship Tecnopesca.
In November 2013 the Strategic Project BALMAS: BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ADRIATIC SEA PROTECTION started and will end in March 2016. The project involves 17 Partners and 7 Associate Partners from 6 countries around the Adriatic Sea. The Leading Partner is Institute for water of the Republic of Slovenia.
A new species of jellyfish has been sighted in the Mediterranean sea.
On Friday 9th of May the researchers of BALMAS final beneficiary 1 (National Institute of Biology - Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia) performed their spring field sampling for WP5 Port Baseline Survey (PBS).
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