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Nineteen projects are selected for funding in response to the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s first co-funded call ‘The way forward: a thriving sustainable blue economy for a brighter future.’
“With the selection of the first projects, the Partnership family is extended and on track to deliver on our ambitious objectives,” says Margherita Cappelletto, the Partnership Coordinator at the Italian Ministry of Research and Universities.
Collectively, the 19 selected projects address all the five Priority Areas of the call. Priority Area 3 “Climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable, and resource-efficient blue food and feed” had mobilised the strongest response, accounting for 12 of the 19 projects selected.
Project partners come from 21 different countries, including EU Member States, Associated Countries, and third countries.
The below list shows the acronym and title of the 19 projects selected for funding. For more information on priority area, consortium members, and project abstract please consult this detailed description.
| Project acronym | Title |
| AQUABALANCE | Balancing economic, environmental, and social sustainability in the European aquaculture industry |
| AquaUP | Aquafeed Upgraded: Enhancing Immune Function with Seaweed-modified Functional Compounds |
| ARCFISH | Digital Twin of the Ocean for Arctic Fisheries |
| Blue Bio Boost | Boosting seaweed farming through better utilization of genetic resources |
| BlueBoost | Culture of a wide range of low trophic species to boost sustainable production of Blue Food and reduce environmental footprint |
| BluEcho | From science to policy: assessing impacts and developing solutions for ship traffic and offshore wind farms through detailed soundmaps |
| BLUEWAYSE | BLUE WAY to a Sustainable Europe |
| CliN-BluFeed | A low CO2 smart autonomous multiplatform system to monitor and forecast Calanus finmarchicus stock – a new sustainable climate neutral blue fish feed |
| DTO-Track | Digital Twin of the Ocean: Animal Tracking |
| FAMOS | Sustainable, Reliable and Socially Acceptable Modular Floating IslAnds for Multi-use Offshore Spaces |
| FOODIMAR | Sustainable climate-Friendly quality fOOD Ingredients from MArine side-stReams |
| FunSea | Functional processing of cultivated seaweeds for novel food products |
| INSPIRE | Innovative design and operation for rare earth material reduction and optimized lifetime for next generation offshore wind-based hydrogen production |
| MEDSEAPLAN | Data and Scenarios for a Sustainable Mediterranean Blue Economy |
| RE-BLUE | Resource efficient blue food production from small underutilized pelagic fish species (RE-BLUE) |
| SEAFOODTURE | Integral valorisation of seaweed biomass for the development of sustainable, high nutritional quality food products |
| SEAREFINERY | Improved valorization of marine sources and processing waste for resource efficient blue food/feed and environmentally sustainable materials development |
| SHELLFISHBOOST | Boosting the resilience of European shellfish production against climate change-related challenges through genetic selection |
| WASTE2TASTE | From waste to taste: exploring innovative food applications of postharvest fish losses |
Source: https://bluepartnership.eu/news/partnership-decides-first-batch-co-funded-projects