Projects

Short description of the project: ULTFARMS is a three-year project financed by Horizon Europe, aimed at increasing Europe’s low-trophic aquaculture capacity through innovative processes that optimize production in challenging offshore conditions. By...

Short description of the project: Baltic MUPPETS is a four-year project funded under the ERDF Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3) aimed at creating a new value chain for small mussels in the Baltic Sea region by developing high-value...

Short description of the project: BlueMissionBanos was a three-year project financed by Horizon Europe aimed at facilitating the development of a sustainable, carbon-neutral, and circular blue economy in the Baltic and North Sea by connecting...

Short description of the project: A-AAGORA is a four-year project financed by the Horizon Europe, aimed at demonstrating how innovation, Ecosystem-based Management and Nature-based Solutions can contribute to sustainable transformation in three...

Short description of the project: GRINNAQUA was a three-year project funded by Horizon Europe aimed at strengthening the research capacity in areas such as fish immune systems, vaccination strategies, genetics, and functional diets. The project...

Short description of the project: IGNITION is a four-year project financed by Horizon Europe aimed at gathering new knowledge on animal welfare in the context of climate change and proposing innovative tools to mitigate the adverse effects of stress...

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: SeaChem is a four-year project financed by Horizon Europe, aimed at providing high-level training in the offshore cultivation and valorisation of seaweed to a new generation of 10 high-achieving doctoral candidates...

PerformFISH was a five-year project funded by EU H2020 aiming at increasing the competitiveness of Mediterranean aquaculture by overcoming biological, technical, and operational issues with innovative, cost-effective, integrated solutions, while...

Short description of the project: OrganicTargets4EU is a three-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon Europe, aimed at supporting the Farm-To-Fork (F2F) Strategy targets for organic farming and organic aquaculture by setting possible scenarios...

Short description of the project: AquaWind is a three-year project funded by the EMFAF programme, aimed at demonstrating a co-located and multi-use integrated solution which integrates an innovative approach to finfish aquaculture with an existing...

Short description of the project: MSP4BIO was a three-year project funded by Horizon Europe aimed at improving science-based Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) to safeguard and restore biodiversity.

Tangible results: The project's final output is the...

Short description of the project: Sea2See is a four-year project financed by Horizon Europe aimed at providing innovative blockchain traceability technology and stakeholders' engagement strategy for boosting sustainable seafood visibility, social...

Short description of the project: SeaMark is a four-year project financed by Horizon Europe, aimed at utilising recent ground-breaking selective breeding technologies within EU seaweed crop genetics to increase biomass yield, upscaling circular...

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: FishEUTrust is a four-year project financed by Horizon Europe, aimed at defragmenting the current seafood system to ensure sustainability and a transparent and traceable seafood supply chain.

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: KELP-EU was 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...

Short description of the project: Marifish.Inc was 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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Short description of the project: AquaPekilo was 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...