Shellfishing WITHOUT litter" (Mariscar SEM Lixo): Awareness and beach cleaning voluntary campaign aims at 1) change the behaviour of razorshell shellfishers to avoid leaving the plastic salt containers in the estuary, 2) to clean the Sado estuary margins and 3) to promote the vision of a clean estuary maintained by its coastal community.

Every month a voluntary beach cleaning campaign and direct shellfishers awareness (when possible) is organized. A good practices network is being implemented empowering fisherwomen to be leaders of behavioural change within the fishing community. Increasing engagement of local stakeholders such as councils, industry and tourism enterprises, is gained in every action of the campaign. Engagement of local supermarkets (which sell the sea salt) in the dissemination of good practices messages.

Follow up of the participating volunteers/partners is made by questionnaires and newsletters. Evaluation of the quantities of accumulated litter in the same place is now being counted. Implementation of solutions such as the utilization of dustbins by the councils tends to be monitored. The net of good practices aims to reach every razorshell shellfisher within the local fishing community. Greater awareness actions are repeated in the same dates of the year.