Editorial: Impact and Management of Marine Biofouling

Biofouling, the accumulation of organisms on wetted surfaces, is a ubiquitous challenge for 12 submerged anthropogenic marine structures that can result in reduced efficiency, increased fuel 13 consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions from vessels. In addition, it causes weakening 14 corrosion maritime infrastructure, detrimental effects to aquaculture, translocation harmful 15 non-indigenous species. The impacts species (including macro micro-16 organisms) economic, environmental, socio-cultural values have led formation 17 national international regulations guidelines manage risks associated with vessel 18 biofouling pathway. 19 20The objective this Research Topic was address impact management 21 towards sustainable transportation energy, fill gaps literature, hence 22 contribute update evidence-based field (Figure 1). (Whitworth et al., 2022), proactive reactive in-water cleaning 37 technologies (Tamburri 2021;Swain 2022;Ralston 2022). 38The application new strategies vessels, mobiles, immobile (Arabshahi 2021;Hopkins al. 2021;Gomez-Banderas 2022) 41 enable decisions making 2022;Gomez-Banderas 42 2022