Introduction Development of the ocean economy is facing an increasingly acute dilemma. On the one hand, marine resources are essential to help meet the planet’s growing needs in food, energy, […]

Small island developing states are the custodians of much of the world’s oceans. Through their exclusive economic zones, they control about 30% of all oceans and seas, and most of them have […]

Date: 23–24 September 2020 Online Virtual Forum, Delivered Live Online (BST time) & On-Demand Afterwards Virtual Agenda Finance and innovation for the blue economy: How to secure finance for business […]

Introduction Truly adaptive fisheries management strategies responding to signals from the field could become the norm. The enforcing of regulations will become more data-driven, and monitoring agencies should considerably improve […]

Introduction The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) is the first internationally agreed instrument dedicated entirely to […]

Introduction In September 2015, the United Nations launched the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a beautiful blueprint for global peace and prosperity. In adopting the 2030 Agenda, countries demonstrated a […]

Introduction Background and policy context In 2013 the Commission issued a Communication on strategic guidelines for the sustainable development of EU aquaculture, with the aim of helping Member States and […]

Marine Renewables Europe is the global leader in offshore wind. Over the last decade the sector has attracted average investments of €9.4bn per year, more than any other renewable technology. […]

Water desalination is the process of removing salt and other minerals from water to make the water suitable for drinking or irrigation. The byproduct of this process is brine, which […]

The Guardian: Harnessing power from sun, wind, and sea could spur UK’s post-pandemic economy while tackling the climate crisis, say experts. In the first months of 2020 Britain relied on […]

The oceans are the world’s largest untapped source of renewable energy. Tidal stream technologies, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) are all types of ocean energy. Ocean […]

The H2020 funded DTOceanPlus project is developing a Structured Innovation design tool for concept creation, selection, and design of ocean energy systems. It supports the decision-making of several user types, […]

Europe is still leading the TidalEnergy pack in terms of capacity and technology. Revenue support in other parts of the world is opening up projects – most using European technology […]

Musica Project stakeholders might be interested in this event: #AquacultureEurope Aquaculture Europe 2020 will not take place this year, but EAS will organise events in both Cork and Madeira in […]

The Selkie Project is inviting tidal energy developer companies to tender their services to validate the tools developed during the project. The pilot projects will have three stages: The selected […]

The Blue-Cloud demonstrator on fisheries is a good opportunity to get to know our five demonstrators better. It already uses Virtual Research Environments (VREs), and many services can already be […]

The EU Islands Facility – NESOI has launched a survey to help to unlock the potential of EU islands to become the locomotives of European Energy Transition by mobilising more […]