Featured Projects

The SCiCAO project was launched to close critical knowledge gaps about Arctic ecosystems and fish populations and to ensure that any future fishing activity in the Central Arctic Ocean is based on sound science and precautionary principles.

The RESPONSE project is creating innovative, cross-border training schemes to strengthen marine pollution management and response capacity across the region, with a focus on pollution caused by armed conflicts.

The POWER4MED project focuses on the Western Mediterranean, helping small and medium-sized ship operators navigate the complex shift towards carbon-neutral fuels.

With EU support, the GreenMED project is helping coastal communities and the maritime industry prepare for a cleaner, more sustainable future.

As traditional fisheries along Europe’s Atlantic seaboard face unprecedented challenges, these once-thriving coastal communities are seeing livelihoods slip away. The FISATUR project, co-funded by the EU EMFAF fund, sets out to change that.

GenDC is a pioneering EU-funded project aiming to standardise the collection, storage, and integration of genetic data into fisheries stock assessments.

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.