Projects

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...

FISH4FISH was a three-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at developing an innovative and sustainable food packaging from marine biomass waste and biorefinery residues, in order to increase fish shelf-life...

SIMBIOSE was a three-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at providing eco-friendly technological solutions to improve the performance of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plants, that are able to provide...

Coral4Health was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at preparing its sole beneficiary – Zoan BioMed – commercialise the next generation graft bone substitute, drawn from a sustainable, ethical and high...

OPENMODE is 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, thanks to floating modules and...

BIOGEARS was a three-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at providing the European Aquaculture sector with biobased ropes that are durable, marketable and fit-for-purpose for mussel and seaweed production...

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: SEASTAR was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at exploiting innovative Internet of Underwater Things Technologies and integrating them with last-generation...

AquaVitae is a four-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at increasing aquaculture production in and around the Atlantic Ocean by developing new low trophic species, processes, and products.

Short description of the project: AQUA-FANNG was a four-year project financed by Horizon 2020, aimed at generating genome-wide functional annotation maps for the six commercially most important fish species within European aquaculture and exploiting...

Short description of the project: Access2Sea was a three-year project financed by the Interreg Atlantic Area programme aimed at creating new opportunities for a more competitive and sustainable blue growth in the Atlantic Area. The project focused on...

Short description of the project: HiSea was a two-year project financed by the Horizon 2020 programme aimed at developing, testing and demonstrating information services that provide high resolution data of water quality at sea.

Short description of the project: AquaIMPACT was a four-year project financed by Horizon 2020, aimed at integrating the fields of fish breeding and nutrition to increase the competiveness of EU's aquaculture of Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout...

Short description of the project: OCEANETS was a two-year project financed by EMFF, aimed at preventing, recovering and recycling abandoned fishing gears, with the objective of demonstrating the feasibility of a circular economy model for managing...

Short description of the project: FANBEST was a five-year project financed by the Atlantic Area INTERREG Programme, aimed at fostering the technology transfer to SMEs in blue biotechnology and exploitation of marine resources by creating a network of...

Short description of the project: RENAQUA was a three-year project funded by the EU's Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service, aimed at assessing the potential for co-location of aquaculture and marine energy activities, and identifying...

Short description of the project: AQUA-LIT was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at preventing marine litter from entering the sea.

SpecTUNA was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at providing a solution to automate the timely processing of bulky frozen tuna pieces with irregular shapes, optimised cuts, and minimised discards.