Initiation of full scale mussel farming in the Baltic Sea (Baltic Blue Growth)

Description

Short description of the project: Baltic Blue Growth was a three-year project funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme, aimed at removing nutrients from the Baltic Sea Region by farming and harvesting blue mussels.

Tangible results: The project developed a new tool called the Operational Decision Support System (ODSS), a geoportal that allows farmers and relevant stakeholders to share and consult data regarding mussel farming in the Baltic Sea. With the help of the ODSS, the most optimal locations for mussel farms and their environmental impacts can be assessed.

Application/relevance: The ODSS provides relevant stakeholders with valuable data and thanks to easy to grasp visualisation of spatial conflicts it can support management decisions and facilitate dialogue between mussel farmers and other stakeholders about the socioeconomic and environmental impacts and benefits of the mussel’s cultivation in the Baltic Sea region.

Details

Original Author(s): Lead Partner: Region Östergötland
Project Partner(s): Borgholms kommun
Project Partner(s): Tartu Ülikool
Project Partner(s): Latvijas Hidroekologijas instituts
Project Partner(s): Kurzemes plānošanas reģions
Project Partner(s): Vattenbrukscentrum Ost
Project Partner(s): Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet - SLU
Project Partner(s): Länsstyrelsen Östergötland
Project Partner(s): SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB
Project Partner(s): Instytut Morski w Gdańsku
Project Partner(s): Musholm
Project Partner(s): Orbicon
Project Partner(s): EUCC - Die Küsten Union Deutschland e.V
Project Partner(s): Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume
Project Partner(s): SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth
Project Partner(s): CRM - Coastal Research & Management
Project Partner(s): Kalmar Kommun
Project Partner(s): Länsstyrelsen Kalmar län
Financing Programme(s): 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea
Topic(s): Access to Space and Water, Climate-Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Data and Monitoring, Diversification and Adding Value
Geographical Coverage: European
Date: May, 2016 - April, 2019
Source: ODSS