Projects

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.

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 was 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 was 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...

Description: InnovaFeed BEW 2019 was a three‑year initiative supported by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) focused on advancing the development and industrial scaling of insect‑based protein as a sustainable alternative ingredient for...

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 was 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: AquaTech4Feed was a three-year project financed by Horizon 2020, aimed at formulating novel fish feed from alternative proteinaceous biomass sources, such as algae, duckweed, insects and microbiomed (bioflocs) in...

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: OPENMODE was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) aimed at demonstrating the capacity to carry out large-scale shellfish farming in open waters in three different EU sea basins...

Short description of the project: NewTechAqua was 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...

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...

SMART HATCHERY was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at increasing the profitability of fish farmers by reducing the costs of feeding processes in weaning stages, while improving the quality of the...

Short description of the project: FORCOAST was a three-year project funded by Horizon 2020, aimed at developing and implementing innovative Copernicus-based downstream information services. FORCOAST operated in eight pilot sites across regional...

Short description of the project: BLUEfasma was a two-and-a-half-year project funded by the Interreg Mediterranean programme, aimed at integrating and implementing Circular Economy (CE) principles in the key blue growth sectors of fishing and...

MER-CLUB was a three-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at addressing the global challenge of fighting mercury (Hg) pollution by providing new sustainable solutions based on bioremediation by marine bacteria...

MUSSELPRO was a one-and-a-half-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at scaling-up the MUSSELPRO system, an innovative solution that automatically optimises and controls the conditions of mussel cooking and...