- Work on the design of fishing gear that is resistant and biodegradable at sea at the end of its life.
- Develop new formulations, based on biosourced and biodegradable plastics, with reduced persistence and environmental impact.
- Real-life testing of materials and equipment.
LINC BioMer is an innovative project that aims to work on the design of strong, biodegradable end-of-life fishing gear (such as ropes for trawls). The aim is to develop new formulations, based on biosourced and biodegradable plastics, whose persistence and environmental impact will be reduced. This 36-month project, supported by Coopération Maritime, includes a consortium of complementary players such as ComposiTIC for the formulation of raw materials that are mainly biosourced and biodegradable at sea (with IRMA as subcontractor for biodegradation and ecotoxicity tests in the marine environment), Ifremer (LTBH and SMASH) to propose technical adaptations to the designed gear and its durability, and Le Drezen for industrial coordination, production of netting, design and manufacture of fishing gear (with Euronete as subcontractor to produce monofilament, multimonofilament and rope semi-finished products based on the new formulations).
To test the designed materials and gear in real-life conditions, one or more armaments will be called upon. Since 2018, le Drezen and ComposiTIC have been developing prototypes of biodegradable ropes. The aim of this project is to pool their experience to optimize existing formulations and design biodegradable products for typical fishing gear: ropes and braids. These components must be competitive and resistant.
