Projects

CLAIM is a four-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at acting against plastic pollution through innovative technologies, targeting the prevention and in situ management of visible and invisible marine litter in the Mediterranean...

CoastObs was a three-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon, aimed at using satellite remote sensing to monitor coastal water environments and to develop a user-relevant platform that can offer validated products to users.

SEAFOODTOMORROW was a three and a half years project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at generating new knowledge to develop innovative sustainable solutions for improving the safety and dietary value of seafood in Europe. The project produced a wide...

Space@Sea was a three-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at providing sustainable and affordable workspace at sea by developing a standardised and cost-efficient modular island with low ecological impact, consisting of multiple smaller...

Short description of the project: COCKLES was a three-year project funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme, aimed at restoring production and services provided by cockles, threatened by disease outbreaks and suboptimal management.

Short description of the project: LIFE-Brewery was a four-year project funded by the LIFE Programme, aimed at demonstrating an innovative and highly replicable integrated solution to recover brewery by-products as aquaculture-feed ingredients.

eForcis and BeForcis was a two-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at developing two reliable, autonomous, and free of maintenance power supply systems that can obtain energy from less powered waves: eForcis and BeForcis...

NEPTUN was a three-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at upscaling, piloting, and commercialising the patented Closed-Cage Aquaculture System (CCAS) for sustainable and cost-effective inshore aquaculture.

Short description of the project: REMEDIA was a six-year project funded by the LIFE Programme, aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of mariculture plants, while creating new environmental and economic value.

Tangible results: The project has...

Short description of the project: INTEGRATE was a three-year project funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme, aimed at facilitating the industrial transition towards Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) systems.

Tangible results: The...

MedAID was a four-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at increasing the overall competitiveness and sustainability of the Mediterranean marine fish-farming sector, throughout the whole value chain.

INvertebrateIT was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at responding to the global challenges of food security, marine environmental impact, and resource efficiency by tapping into the invertebrate...

SPG was a two-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at creating a preventive method to combat sea lice infestation in fish farms.

Tangible results: The project developed an innovative chemical free technology based on electric pulses to...

AMALIA was a four-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at developing ways to create value out of invasive seaweeds, investigating possibilities in the creation of medicines, cosmetics, animal and fish feed...

EURASTiP was a three-year project funded by the EU Horizon 2020, aimed at reinforcing international cooperation on sustainable aquaculture production between the EU – the largest global market in seafood – and Southeast Asia – the largest aquaculture...

Short description of the project: The PLASMAR project was a three-year project financed by European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Programme of Territorial Cooperation Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands (POMAC 2014-2020), aimed at...

Short description of the project: MACBIOBLUE was a three-year technology-transfer demonstration project financed by Interreg, aimed helping companies to develop new products, including fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and fish food, and...

Short description of the project: SIMNORAT was a two-year project funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), aimed at supporting the implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in EU Member States.

Tangible results: The project...

AQUACOSM was a four-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at strengthening EU network of mesocosm facilities and promoting joint research initiatives, capacity building and standardisation with extensive Transnational Access (TA)...

GENIALG was a five-and-a-half-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at boosting the European Blue Economy by designing high-yielding seaweed cultivation systems of two species: the brown alga Saccharina latissima and the green alga Ulva spp.