Projects

Short description of the project: Blue-Green Bio Lab was a two-year project financed by the European Regional Development Fund, aimed at supporting local authorities to intiate bio-industrial symbioses among aquaculture, agriculture and industry to...

Short description of the project: REALM is a four-year project financed by Horizon Europe, aimed at looking for solutions to increase the sustainability and reduce the costs of soilless farming and microalgae production, both of which are fast...

Short description of the project: MSP-GREEN is a two-year project funded by EMFAF aimed at positioning Maritime Spatial Planning  (MSP) as a key enabler of the European Green Deal (EDG). 

Tangible results: The project has gathered 21 valuable...

Short description of the project: AquaPekilo is a three-year project financed by EMFF, aimed at bringing to market a novel, cost-competitive, locally produced, and sustainable aquaculture feed protein ingredient for use as an alternative to soy...

Short description of the project: ULVA FARM was a two-year project financed by EMFF, aimed at overcoming the technical challenges of current Ulva cultivation methods and setting the base for scaling-up their supply chain and operations.

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KELP-EU is a project lasting 27 months funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at jump-starting the European sustainable seaweed industry by developing a sustainably farmed EU seaweed industry, scaling up seaweed biorefinery...

Short description of the project: Marifish.Inc is a two-year project financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), aimed at transforming the Ostend Fish Auction site into an incubator for startups and SMEs active in the Blue Economy.

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ALGAENAUTS is a two-and-a-half-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at achieving and validating the pre-commercial industrial production of microalgae-based biopesticide and biostimulant products for...

Short description of the project: Seafood Algternative was a two-year project financed by EMFF, aimed at making plant-based seafood accessible to all consumers while ensuring a good taste, texture and nutritional profile, and to scale-up operations...

Short description of the project: BRIDGE-BS is a four-year project financed by Horizon Europe, aimed at advancing the Black Sea's marine research and developing predictive tools and capabilities necessary to understand and predict the impacts of...

Short description of the project: PHOTO-SENS was a four-year project financed by Horizon 2020 aimed at connecting pioneering photonic biosensor technology with aquaculture expertise to establish an aquaculture pathogen detection hub and a working...

Short description of the project: ASTRAL is a four-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at developing new, sustainable, profitable and resilient value chains for Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) production within the framework of...

Short description of the project: AQUAEXCEL3.0 is a five-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at further boosting the EU aquaculture sector by expanding the Transnational Access programme to support more external research teams collaborating...

InnovaFeed BEW 2019 is a three-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at developing insect protein as an attractive alternative to fish meals.

Tangible results: InnovaFeed is producing and deploying insect...

Short description of the project: SeaFilm was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at creating a substitute for single-use plastic film in frozen fish preservation.

Short description of the project: MULTI-STR3AM is a five-year project financed by Horizon 2020, aimed at providing valuable microalgal products for large end-users in the food, feed and fragrance sectors by reducing costs, increasing scale and...

Short description of the project: AquaHealth was a three-year project financed by Horizon 2020, aimed at contributing to a positive development of sustainable land-based aquaculture, securing high quality food supply for the world's growing...

Short description of the project: COAST is a two-and-a-half-years project funded by the Northern Periphery and Arctic programme (NPA), aimed at dealing with shared challenges faced by coastal communities of the NPA region related to climate change...

Short description of the project: BestBrood was a three-year project financed by Horizon 2020, aimed at evolving biotechnologies that significantly improve broodstock management methods and enhance the reproductive performance of selected emerging...

Short description of the project: NewTechAqua is a three-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at expanding and diversifying European aquaculture production of finfish, molluscs and microalgae by developing and validating technologically...