Fabrizio Moro

• Italian National Research Council

This study is based on assessing fecal bacteria contamination along meteorological, hydrological and physical-chemical variables after high rainy events during the summer period. The study focused on four different coastal sites in the western and eastern Adriatic coast characterized by various geomorphological and hydrological features, levels of...

Funding innovation requires knowledge on previous/on-going research and identification of gaps and synergies among actors, networks and projects, but targeted databases remain scattered, incomplete and scarcely searchable. Here we present the BlueBio database: a first comprehensive and robust compilation of internationally and nationally funded res...

The optimization of consumption and the reduction of gas emissions in fisheries rely on a thorough examination of all factors affecting the energy balance of fishing vessels. Engines, propellers, or the hydrodynamic characteristics of vessels and gears are unquestionably the primary factors affecting this balance, and an improvement in energy effic...

An integrated ecological monitoring is implemented as part of a multidisciplinary approach based on the use of lowimpacting monitoring techniques for the ecological mapping of an artificial reef located in the central Adriatic Sea. The aim was to identify ecosystem functions and services the area could provide and lay down the basis for improving m...

The combustion of fossil fuels is considered a major cause of climate change, which is why the reduction of emissions has become a key goal of the Paris climate agreement. Coherent monitoring of the energy profile of fishing vessels through an energy audit can effectively identify sources of inefficiency, allowing for the deployment of well-informe...

Final Governance guidelines Deliverable 5.3.1 EU Interreg Project WATERCARE

Fisheries bycatch is recognised as a global threat to vulnerable marine megafauna and historical data can contribute to quantify the magnitude of the impact. Here, we present a collection of three datasets generated between 2006 and 2019 by a monitoring programme on marine megafauna bycatch in one of the main Italian fisheries, the northern central...

More than 80% of wastewaters are discharged into rivers or seas, with a negative impact on water quality along the coast due to the presence of potential pathogens of faecal origin. Escherichia coli and enterococci are important indicators to assess, monitor, and predict microbial water quality in natural ecosystems. During rainfall events, the amo...

This manual was drawn up during the activities foreseen in the EU INTERREG Watercare project. After the design and implementation of the WQIS in the pilot site of Fano, the authors have drafted this manual in order to be used for field operation by all partners of the project. For more information about the WQIS, you can refer to the deliverables...

In the Adriatic Sea, massive rainfall events are causing flooding of rivers and streams, with severe consequences on the environment. The consequent bacterial contamination of bathing water poses public health risks besides damaging tourism and economy. This study was conducted in the framework of WATERCARE, an EU Interreg Italy-Croatia Project, wh...

In the Adriatic Sea, massive rainfall events are causing flooding of rivers and streams, with severe consequences on the environment. The consequent bacterial contamination of bathing water poses public health risks besides damaging tourism and the economy. This study was conducted in the framework of WATERCARE, an EU Interreg Italy-Croatia Project...

The aim of this study is to develop a relocatable modelling system able to describe the microbial contamination that affects the quality of coastal bathing waters. Pollution events are mainly triggered by urban sewer outflows during massive rainy events, with relevant negative consequences on the marine environment and tourism and related activitie...

The current legal codends used in Mediterranean bottom trawl fisheries are at high risk of retaining undersized individuals of several commercial fish species. This entails that codends alone are unable to provide the desired exploitation pattern. A simple technological measure that potentially can provide higher release efficiency of undersized fi...

Despite the fact that Mediterranean loggerhead turtles are listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), they are among the most threatened marine megafauna worldwide, because of fishery-related incidental captures. The northern central Adriatic Sea is one of the most overfished basins of the Mediterran...

The northern central Adriatic Sea is the most heavily impacted basin in the Mediterranean Sea due to a variety of sources of anthropogenic pressure, mainly intense fishing activities, large urbanized and industrialized areas, and environmental pollution. Since 2006, an extensive monitoring programme of incidental catches of long-lived species like...

Bycatch is one of the main sources of anthropogenic mortality of species of conservation concern worldwide. Between March 2016 and December 2017, the monitoring programme of cetacean bycatch in Italian pelagic trawlers (BYCATCH 2016-2017) has been carried out. This programme is funded in compliance with the Regulation (EC) No.812/2004 and is coordi...

Elasmobranchs are among the most threatened long-lived marine species worldwide, and incidental capture is a major source of mortality. The northern central Adriatic Sea, though one of the most overfished basins of the Mediterranean Sea, supports a very valuable marine biodiversity, including elasmobranchs. This study assesses the impact of the nor...

Results of the dispersion test performed with full Poisson model for all species. (DOCX)

Differences in mean levels of estimated CPUE of M. mustelus (on the left) and S.acanthias (on the right) among fishing regions (1–5) during mating period and other periods. On the Y axis, each fishing regions (1–5) is represented on the left of the x, while the reproductive period effect is the number on the right and it has two levels (1 = mating...

Differences in mean levels of CPUE of M. mustelus (on the left) and S.acanthias (on the right) within potential nursery areas and fishing area (#1-#5). (JPEG)

Summary table reporting the total number of M. mustelus (a) and S. acanthias (b) bycaught during the monitoring programme conducted between 2006 and 2015. The total number of immature individuals, their mean length and standard deviations are listed for all five fishing regions (1–5) and calendar quarters (1Q-4Q). (DOCX)

Bycatch is one of the main sources of anthropogenic mortality of species of conservation concern worldwide. Between November 2014 and February 2016, CNR-ISMAR of Ancona coordinated a monitoring programme of cetacean bycatch in Italian pelagic trawlers (BYCATCH 2014-2015 – extension 2016), funded in compliance with the Regulation (EC) No.812/2004. O...

An evaluation of national discards programs has been done by identifying all potential loopholes in methodology. Different technical and environmental factors that influence discard rates have been identified and summarized. Furthermore, selective properties of demersal and pelagic trawls have been summarized in relation with the MLS and landing ob...