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Accélérateur d’Innovation Transfrontalier pour la Gestion et la Valorisation du Crabe Bleu dans une Approche Circulaire

Programme: Interreg NEXT Italia – Tunisia 21-27

Duration: 15/05/2025 – 15/05/2028

Part of the Interreg NEXT Italy-Tunisia 2021-2027 program, the CercleBleu project addresses the challenges posed by the spread of the blue crab in the Mediterranean. The initiative seeks to transform this ecological threat into an economic opportunity by promoting a circular economy model that integrates fishing, processing, and marketing processes between Sicily and Tunisia. By strengthening Open Science (IOS), the project aims to innovate local production chains while ensuring environmental sustainability.

Objectives

The project aims to implement an integrated cross-border approach for managing the blue crab resource, mitigating its impact on ecosystems and leveraging its industrial potential.

To achieve these goals, the initiative focuses on the following key points:

• Open science promotion: strengthening cross-border scientific collaboration to develop shared solutions for invasive species management;
• Fishery chain transformation: restructuring blue crab fishing and marketing processes to optimize operational efficiency and commercial value;
• Circular economy models: implementing strategies for waste and biomass recovery and valorization, reducing the environmental footprint of fishing activities;
• Cross-border cooperation: establishing an innovation ecosystem between Italy and Tunisia for the joint management of shared marine resources;
• Governance and technical support: ensuring rigorous financial and administrative monitoring to maintain intervention effectiveness and compliance with European cooperation protocols.

Coordinator: Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM), Tunisia

SZN Principal Investigator: Maria Cristina Mangano, Carmen Rizzo

Partners:

• Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CONISMA), Italia
• Centre de Recherche en Numérique de Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia
• Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Italia
• Distretto della Pesca e Crescita Blu (COSVAP), Italia
• Università di Cartagine. Italia

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• Aguzzi J, Thomsen L, Flögel S, Robinson NJ, Picardi G, Chatzievangelou D, Bahamon N, Stefanni S, Grinyó J, Fanelli E, Corinaldesi C, Del Rio Fernandez J, Calisti M, Mienis F, Chatzidouros E, Danovaro R (2024) New technologies for monitoring and upscaling marine ecosystem restoration in deep-sea environments. Engineering 34: 195–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2023.10.012

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• Altieri F, Buono L, Lanzilli M, Mirabelli P, Cianflone A, Beneduce G, De Matteo A, Parasole R, Salvatore M, Smaldone G (2024) LINC00958 as new diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia of B cells. Frontiers in Oncology 14: 1388154. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1388154

• Andreazzoli M, Argenton F, Bertolucci C, Finazzi D, Gabellini C, Mione M, Pistocchi A, Santoro M, Sordino P, Cavalieri C (2024) Zebrafish from the Alps to Sicily: The 4th Italian Zebrafish Meeting in Palermo. Zebrafish 21: 275-278. https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2024.0140

• Annona G, Liberti A, Pollastro C, Spagnuolo A, Sordino P, De Luca P (2024) Reaping the benefits of liquid handlers for high-throughput gene expression profiling in a marine model invertebrate. BMC Biotechnology 24: 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12896-024-00831-y

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• Astolfi A, Chellapurath M, Picardi G, Capriotti M, Mladinich K, Laschi C, Stefanni S, Calisti M (2024) Marine Sediment Sampling With an Underwater Legged Robot: A User-Driven Sampling Approach for Microplastic Analysis. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine 31: 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2023.3341288

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• Banchi E, Bettoso N, Borme D, Stefanni S, Tirelli V (2024) Environmental DNA enhances comprehension of the spatial and temporal dynamics of fish diversity in a coastal lagoon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 304: 108824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108824

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• Bosso L, Balestrieri R, Smeraldo S, Chiusano ML, Raffini F, Canestrelli D, Musco L, Gili C (2024) Integrating citizen science and spatial ecology to inform management and conservation of the Italian seahorses. Ecological Informatics 79: 102402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102402

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• Chiappa G, Fassio G, Modica MV, Oliverio M (2024) Potential Ancestral Conoidean Toxins in the Venom Cocktail of the Carnivorous Snail Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Toxins 16(8): 348. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16080348

• Chiappa G, Fassio G, Smriglio C, Mariottini P, Albano PG, Modica MV, Zuccon D, Puillandre N, Oliverio M (2024) The polymorphic top-shell puzzle: iterative taxonomy of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae), in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 90(3): eyae026. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae026

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• Consoli P, Costa V, Sciutteri V, Malara D, Pedà C, Figurella F, Campbell I, Deery E, Romeo T, Andaloro F (2024) Synthetic polymers: A global threat to aquatic benthic environments. Journal Hazardous Materials 474: 134848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134848

• Dishaw LJ, Litman GW, Liberti A (2024) Tethering of soluble immune effectors to mucin and chitin reflects a convergent and dynamic role in gut immunity. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 379(1901): 20230078. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0078

• Esposito MC, Riva L, Russo GL, Punta C, Corsi I, Tosti E, Gallo A (2024) Reproductive toxicity assessment of cellulose nanofibers, citric acid, and branched polyethylenimine in sea urchins: Eco-design of nanostructured cellulose sponge framework (Part B). Environmental Pollution 350: 123934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123934

• Fedosov AE, Zaharias P, Lemarcis T, Modica MV, Holford M, Oliverio M, Kantor YI, Puillandre N (2024) Phylogenomics of Neogastropoda: The Backbone Hidden in the Bush. Systematic Biology 73(3): 521-531. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae010

• Filograna A, De Tito S, Monte M, Oliva R, Bruzzese F, Roca MS, Zannetti A, Greco A, Spano D, Ayala I, Liberti A, Petraccone L, Dathan N, Catara G, Schembri L, Colanzi A, Budillon A, Beccari R, Del Vecchio P, Luini A, Corda D, Valente C (2024) Identification and characterization of a new potent inhibitor targeting CtBP1/BARS in melanoma cells. J. Exp. Clin. Cancer Res. 43: 137. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-024-03044-5

• Fioretto F, Gallo C, Mercogliano M, Ziaco M, Nuzzo G, d'Ippolito G, Follero O, Della Greca M, Giaccio P, Nittoli V, Ambrosino C, Sordino P, Soluri A, Soluri A, Massari R, D'Amelio M, De Palma R, Fontana A, Manzo E (2024) BODIPY-based analog of the TREM2-binding molecular adjuvant Sulfavant A, a chemical tool for imaging and tracking biological systems. Analytical Chemistry 96: 3362-3372. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04322

• Gallo A, Penna YM, Russo M, Rosapane M, Tosti E, Russo GL (2024) An organic extract from ascidian Ciona robusta induces cytotoxic autophagy in human malignant cell lines. Frontiers in Chemistry 12: 1322558. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2024.1322558

• Gerdol M, Greco S, Marino R, Locascio A, Plateroti M, Sirakov M (2024) Conserved Signaling Pathways in the Ciona robusta Gut. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(14): 7846. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25147846

• Giova A, Canese S, Donelli BZ, Romeo T, Greco S (2024) Structural diversity of Leiopathes glaberrima populations in the strait of Sicily: from pristine to declining forests. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1387144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1387144

• Izquierdo-Villalba I, Mirra S, Manso Y, Parcerisas A, Rubio J, Del Valle J, Gil-Bea FJ, Ulloa F, Herrero-Lorenzo M, Verdaguer E, Benincá C, Castro-Torres RD, Rebollo E, Marfany G, Auladell C, Navarro X, Enríquez JA, López de Munain A, Soriano E, Aragay AM (2024) A mammalian-specific Alex3/Gαq protein complex regulates mitochondrial trafficking, dendritic complexity, and neuronal survival. Sci Signal 17(822): eabq1007. https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.abq1007

• Jimenez-Guri E, Paganos P, La Vecchia C, Annona G, Caccavale F, Molina MD, Ferrández-Roldán A, Donnellan RD, Salatiello F, Johnstone A, Eliso MC, Spagnuolo A, Cañestro C, Albalat R, Martín-Durán JM, Williams EA, D'Aniello E, Arnone MI (2024) Developmental toxicity of pre-production plastic pellets affects a large swathe of invertebrate taxa. Chemosphere 356: 141887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141887

• La Torre M, Cussigh A, Crobe V, Spiga M, Ferrari A, Cariani A, Piattoni F, Costantini F, Franzellitti S, Pallavicini A, Stanković D, Stefanni S (2024) Environmental DNA Metabarcoding of Cephalopod Diversity in the Tyrrhenian Deep Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12: 1897. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12111897

• Limatola N, Chun JT, Schmitt JL, Lehn JM, Santella L (2024) The Effect of Synthetic Polyamine BPA-C8 on the Fertilization Process of Intact and Denuded Sea Urchin Eggs. Cells 13(17): 1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13171477

• Macrina L, Terraneo TI, Arrigoni R, Maggioni D, Tietbohl MD, Anker A, Lasley Jr RM, Pappas M, Berumen ML, Benzoni F (2024) Molecular diversity and patterns of co-occurrence of decapod crustaceans associated with branching corals in the central Red Sea. Marine Biodiversity 54(4): 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-024-01457-1

• Malara D, Battaglia P, Arostegui MC, Dale JJ, Block BA, Braun CD, Brogna M, Greco S, Romeo T (2024) Satellite tagging insights into the seasonal movements and behavior of Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone, Istiophoridae). Frontiers Marine Science 11: 1362169. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1362169

• Mangini M, Limatola N, Ferrara MA, Coppola G, Chun JT, De Luca AC, Santella L (2024) Application of Raman spectroscopy to the evaluation of F-actin changes in sea urchin eggs at fertilization. Zygote 32(1): 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0967199423000552

• Mantica F, Iñiguez LP, Marquez Y, Permanyer J, Torres-Mendez A, Cruz J, Franch-Marro X, Tulenko F, Burguera D, Bertrand S, Doyle T, Nouzova M, Currie PD, Noriega FG, Escriva H, Arnone MI, Albertin CB, Wotton KR, Almudi I, Martin D, Irimia M (2024) Evolution of tissue-specific expression of ancestral genes across vertebrates and insects. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8: 1140–1153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02398-5

• Mirra S, Marfany G (2024) From Beach to the Bedside: Harnessing Mitochondrial Function in Human Diseases Using New Marine-Derived Strategies. Int J Mol Sci 25(2): 834. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25020834

• Montemagno F, Romano C, Bastoni D, Cordone A, De Castro O, Stefanni S, Sperone E, Giovannelli D (2024) Shark microbiome analysis demonstrates unique microbial communities in two distinct Mediterranean Sea shark species. Microorganisms 12: 557. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030557

• Mutalipassi M, D'Anza E, Pugliano M, Firmamento R, Murano C, Ruocco N, Pennesi C, Procaccini G, Romeo T, Terlizzi A, Peretti V (2024) Casting light on the European anchovy: from biology to conservation and industry. Frontiers Ecology and Evolution 12: 1352055. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1352055

• Nocella E, Fassio G, Zuccon D, Puillandre N, Modica MV, Oliverio M (2024) From coral reefs into the abyss: the evolution of corallivory in the Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda, Muricidae). Coral Reefs 43: 1285-1302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02537-1

• Nocella E, Zvonareva SS, Fassio G, Pica D, Villa R, Modica MV, Oliverio M (2024) Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1323156. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156

• Nou-Plana MI, Freixes M, Vaquerizo-Serrano J, Cañestro C, Quintana E, Teaca A, Chatzigeorgiou M, Ristoratore F, Zambon G, Manni L, Alsina-Pagès R (2024) The DeuteroNoise Dataset: An Initial Exploration of an Underwater Vessel Sound Dataset Within the Framework of a JPI-Oceans Project. Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Journal 390: 260-269. https://doi.org/10.3397/IN_2024_4332

• Palummo V, Milisenda G, Pica D, Canese S, Salvati E, Spano N, Romeo T, Greco S (2024) Improving the knowledge base of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems' distribution in the Amendolara Bank (Ionian Sea). Mediterranean Marine Science 25. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.35680

• Paolella G, Fabbricino M, Locascio A, Sirakov M, Pontoni L (2024) Fate of bisphenol A in marine environment: a critical review. Chemical Engineering Journal 495: 153228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153228

• Pedà C, Rizzo C, Laface F, Giannarelli S, Battaglia P, Romeo T, Giudice AL (2024) First evidence of microplastic ingestion by the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus, in sub-Arctic regions: Insights on plastic pollution and preliminary risk assessment in the Teno River (Finland). The Science Total Environment 957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177603

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• Petrogiannakis G, Guadagnino I, Negueruela S, Di Guida M, Marrocco E, Pizzo M, Torella A, Zanobio M, Karali M, Medina DL, Carrella S, Banfi S (2024) In vitro high-content screening reveals miR-429 as a protective molecule in photoreceptor degeneration. Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 36(1): 102434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102434

• Ringeval A, Farhat S, Fedosov A, Gerdol M, Greco S, Mary L, Modica MV, Puillandre N (2024) DeTox: a pipeline for the detection of toxins in venomous organisms. Briefings in Bioinformatics 25(2): bbae094. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbae094

• Rizzo C, Arcadi E, Calogero R, Ciro Rappazzo AC, Caruso G, Maimone G, Lo Giudice A, Romeo T, Andaloro F (2024) Deciphering the evolvement of microbial communities from hydrothermal vent sediments in a global change perspective. Environmental Research 240(Pt 1): 117514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117514

• Rizzo C, Arcadi E, Calogero R, Ciro Rappazzo AC, Caruso G, Maimone G, Lo Giudice A, Andaloro F, Romeo T (2024) Microcosm Culture of a Shallow Hydrothermal Water Reveals a Shift of Microbial Communities. IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea). https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroSea62823.2024.10765722

• Rizzo C, Giommi C, Calogero R, Arcadi E, Cangemi G, Fabiano F, Dias V, Sanfilippo M, Romeo T (2024) An Integrated Approach to Monitoring the Climate Change Effects in the Faro Lake (Messina) as Area of Concern for Mussel Farming Activities. IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea) 411-416. https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroSea62823.2024.10765686

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• Romdhani I, Venditti M, Gallo A, Abelouah MR, Gaaied S, Boni R, Alla AA, Minucci S, Banni M (2024) Environmental microplastics compromise reproduction of the marine invertebrate Mytilus galloprovincialis: A holistic approach. Journal of Hazardous Materials 480: 136219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136219

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• Sahm A, Cherkasov A, Liu H, Voronov D, Siniuk K, Schwarz R, Ohlenschläger O, Förste S, Bens M, Groth M, Görlich I, Paturej S, Klages S, Braendl B, Olsen J, Bushnell P, Bech Poulsen A, Ferrando S, Garibaldi F, Drago DL, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Müller FJ, Fischer M, Kretzmer H, Domenici P, Steffensen JF, Cellerino A, Hoffmann S (2024) The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) genome provides insights into extreme longevity. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.09.611499

• Sánchez O, Stefanni S, Bhadury P (2024) The deep sea biodiversity and conservation collection. Scientific Reports 14: 27559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77742-7

• Sciutteri V, Costa V, Malara D, Figurella F, Campbell I, Deery E, Romeo T, Andaloro F, Consoli P (2024) Citizen science through a recreational underwater diving project supports the collection of large-scale marine litter data: The Oceania case study. Marine Pollution Bulletin 200: 116133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116133

• Spagnoli F, Romeo T, Andaloro F, Canese S, Esposito V, Grassi M, Biscotti ED, Giordano P, Bortoluzzi G (2024) Seeps and Tectonic Structure of the Hydrothermal System of the Panarea Volcanic Complex (Aeolian Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea). Geosciences 14(3): 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14030060

• Stenow R, Robertson EK, Kourtchenko O, Whitehouse MJ, Pinder MIM, Benvenuto G, Töpel M, Godhe A, Ploug H (2024) Resting cells of Skeletonema marinoi assimilate organic compounds and respire by dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in dark, anoxic conditions. Environmental Microbiology 26(4): e16625. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16625

• Subba R, Fasciolo G, Geremia E, Muscari Tomajoli MT, Petito A, Carrella S, Mondal AC, Napolitano G, Venditti P (2024) Simultaneous induction of systemic hyperglycaemia and stress impairs brain redox homeostasis in the adult zebrafish. Arch Biochem Biophys. 759: 110101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2024.110101

• Tibone M, Cariou T, O'Donnell C, Stefanni S, Aguzzi J, O'Neill B, Reid D, Mirimin L (2024) Towards the integration of environmental DNA analysis to profile the upper mesopelagic fish layer in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 81(10): fsae152. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae152

• Toma M, Giova A, Bo M, Canese S, Enrichetti F, Romeo T, Salvati E, Greco S (2024) Outstanding Aggregation of the Atlantic Brisingid Hymenodiscus coronata (Sars, 1871) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Strait of Sicily. Diversity 16: 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16040238

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Programme: Endangered Landscape and Seascape Programme (ELPS)

Duration: 01/10/2025 – 30/09/2030

The coastline of Southern Italy is home to critical ecosystems for biodiversity and climate resilience, currently threatened by decades of anthropogenic pressure (illegal fishing, unregulated anchoring, and erosion). The Apulia project adopts a community-led approach to restore approximately 52,000 hectares of degraded habitats. Building on the successful model of the Torre Guaceto Marine Protected Area, the initiative aims to establish a network of ecologically connected protected areas, integrating environmental restoration with innovative participatory governance and sustainable financing models.

Objectives

The project aims to regenerate the ecological functionality of the Apulian seascape, strengthening the socio-ecological resilience of local communities and ecosystem services linked to climate mitigation.

To achieve these goals, the initiative focuses on the following key points:

• Priority Habitat Restoration: restoration and protection of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows and recovery of coastal dune systems through strategic fencing and planting;
• Fisheries Management and Governance: co-creation of artisanal fisheries management plans with local fishers, including the identification of no-take zones and the development of alternative livelihood opportunities;
• Anthropogenic Impact Mitigation: installation of eco-mooring parks to prevent anchoring damage to coralligenous reefs and seagrass meadows;
• Innovative Financing Models: development of sustainable financing systems, such as blue carbon credits and eco-mooring fees, with equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms for the community;
• Integrated Planning: promotion of a "Coastal Contract" to link land and sea management, ensuring transdisciplinary governance and long-term protection of the seascape.

Website: https://www.endangeredlandscapes.org/project/apulia/

Coordinator: WWF Mediterranean

SZN Principal Investigator: Antonio Di Franco

Partners:

• Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN)
• WWF Italy
• Università di Genova (UNIGE)
• Torre Guaceto Marine Protected Area
• Regional Natural Park of Coastal Dunes
• Cesine Natural Reserve – WWF Oasis
• Municipality of Lecce
• Municipality of Vernole