PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Some interventions are still being confirmed. The full programme will be available soon.

08:45  Welcome

09:00  Introduction and presentation of the INdIGO project

Opening

• Yves Grohens – Director of ComposiTIC, Vice President Innovation of the Université Bretagne Sud
• Lysiane Métayer – Member of Parliament for Morbihan Lorient-Groix (Member of the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee)
• Presentation of the INdIGO project – Claire Allanos, INdIGO project manager

09:45  Overview of plastic pollution

• Plastic pollution of oceans
  • Presentation of the Clean Atlantic project – Morgan Le Moigne, Researcher at Ifremer 
  • Presentation of the citizen science programme results Fish&Click – Marie Morfin, Researcher at Ifremer

• Socio-economic impacts
  • Ben Drakeford, Senior Lecturer for Fisheries Economics and Management at the University of Portsmouth
  • Elena Mengo, Environmental Social Scientist at CEFAS

• Tests in real-life conditions
  • How to promote the transition from a traditional practice to sustainable practices: from acceptability to appropriation of a biodegradable fishing gear in the fishing activity – Tabatha Thiebaut Rizzoni, PhD student at the University of South Brittany -LabSTICC
  • Esther Savina, Researcher in fisheries technology at the Technical University of Denmark

Presentation of alternative solutions

11:30  Recycling of fishing gear

• Implementation of extended producer Responsibility – Mathilde Guéguen, Maritime Cooperative
• Development of fishing gear recycling schemes in the UK and France in the Channel area – Laurence Hégron Macé, Head of Maritime Fisheries at SMEL and Amanda Burton, Research Associate in Engineering Design at Plymouth University

 12:30  Lunch break

14:00 Alternatives in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors 

• The making of withy lobster pot – Sarah Ready, female fisherman from the south of England
• Alternative materials to limit plastic pollution – Louis Le Gué and Peter Davies from Ifremer Brest
• Intervention of the company Le Drezen, manufacturer of fishing nets

15:00 The manufacture of biodegradable fishing net prototypes

• Morgan Deroiné, R&D engineer in biodegradable materials and scientific coordinator of INdIGO – University of South Brittany/IRMA and Pauline Moreau, project manager at NaturePlast
• Filt1860, manufacture of prototype mussel nets – Jean-Phillipe & Catherine Cousin, President and chief executive officer of Filt

16:00 Environmental impact assessment

• The impact of micro-plastics on the embryo-larval model oyster – Arno Bringer, PhD in ecotoxycology at the Qualyse laboratory
• Study of the degradation and biodegradation of biodegradable materials – Dalyal Copin, Environmental Impact Engineer at the Regional Institute for Advanced Materials
• Accelerated ageing and microplastics – Adil Bakir, Marine Litter Scientist at CEFAS
• Life Cycle Analysis – Owais Raja, Head of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Plymouth

17:30  Future prospects and conclusion

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Time: 8.45am – 6pm

Location: Cité de la voile, La Base, Lorient (France)

Access: Access | Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly (citevoile-tabarly.com) 

Event in French and English.

Free registration.

FOR MORE INFORMATION 

indigo.project@univ-ubs.fr

33(0)2 97 55 08 70