Project duration: November 2025 – July 2026

The BlueFishers project led by Marevivo is expanding! From Tuscany, with the support of the Tuscany Environment Foundation, it is now arriving at the port of Sciacca in Sicily thanks to SEF in partnership with Verdura Resort Sicily-Rocco Forte Hotel.
With BlueFishers, we promote a circular and responsible fishing supply chain: goodbye to single-use polystyrene, and welcome to reusable and recyclable crates. Polystyrene is highly polluting: it breaks down into microplastics, easily disperses into the sea, releases harmful substances, and is difficult to recycle.
This is an important new step toward involving more and more local communities and small artisanal fishing cooperatives in the transition to sustainable and sea-friendly fishing practices, adopting a preventive approach based on reducing waste at the source.

*JANUARY 2026 UPDATE*

We told you it was coming. Now it’s time for action. BlueFishers officially starts in Sicily.
In Sciacca, the distribution of 1,000 reusable and recyclable fish boxes to small-scale artisanal fishers is underway, thanks to the support of Sicily Environment Fund, Verdura Resort Sicily-Rocco Forte Hotel and the collaboration of the fishermen’s cooperative Società Cooperativa di Mutua Assistenza fra i Pescatori. The ceremony took place in the council chamber of the Municipality of Sciacca, in the presence of the Mayor, as a sign of the direct involvement of the local authorities. Goodbye single-use containers, yes to more sustainable practices. Less pollution at sea, with fishers and local communities at the heart of the change. A concrete action that benefits the sea, the environment and all those who depend on it every day.
Because the ecological transition also begins here: with the right choices, made together.

**JANUARY 2026 UPDATE**

On the International Day of the Mediterranean Sea, less polystyrene means healthier seas. With BlueFishers, we’re on the right track.
After Tuscany, Marevivo’s BlueFishers project is helping small-scale fishers in Sciacca adopt more sustainable solutions.
Local fishing cooperatives are starting to use 1,000 reusable fish boxes. Meanwhile, there has also been an important policy development: following the Veneto Region, the Regional Government of Campania has approved a draft law to progressively reduce the use of polystyrene boxes in the fisheries sector.
So far, BlueFishers has involved 100 fishing vessels, more than 130 fishers, 47 cooperatives, and distributed over 4,200 reusable fish boxes, replacing more than 60,000 polystyrene fish boxes that could otherwise threaten the marine environment.
The transition to more sustainable fishing is possible. And it also depends on practical actions like these.

Read the press release