Featured Projects

The BlueAquaEdu project, funded under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), explores gamification as a pedagogic approach to motivate teenagers and students above 18 to learn about aquaculture, post-harvesting value chain and by-products valorisation.

The Turning Blue project, co-funded by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) under the Blue Careers call for proposals, aims to help young offenders to pursue a career in the blue economy.

The DecarbonyT project, started in December 2023 and financed under the European Maritime, Aquaculture and Fisheries Fund, is assessing to what extent the use of optimized trawling gears in the Mediterranean and Black Sea can lead to lower fuel consumption.

The EU project Blue Bio Techpreneurs, funded under EMFAF, is working to reinforce the link between academia and industry in the blue biotech sector.

In a bid to protect Europe's endangered eel and salmon populations, the European Union is collecting scientific data to inform on its management and conservation efforts. The DIASPARA project has been funded in 2024 under EMFAF with this aim.

The European Union's BlueInvest platform is a pioneering initiative aimed at accelerating innovation and investment opportunities in the sustainable blue economy.

EMODnet, the European Marine Observation and Data Network, is a marine data service initiated by the European Commission in 2009. Funded by the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund with an average annual budget of EUR 7.5 million, EMODnet is a powerful driver for marine science.

The MSP-OR project aims to improve the implementation of the maritime spatial planning in the outermost regions of the Macaronesia (Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands) and French Guiana.

Emerging ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning topics in North and Baltic Seas Region