Last year, the European Commission under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, launched the Sustainable Blue Economy call focused on 4 strands:
Strand 1: Demonstration & market,
Strand 2: Fighting marine litter,
Strand 3: Blue networks in the Mediterranean and
Strand 4: Restoring marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean.
In total, there were 22 new sustainable blue projects selected, composed by 104 companies from 22 countries and sharing €15.1 million.
One of the 5 projects funded under marine litter is AQUA-LIT, a two-year project which main objective is to provide the aquaculture sector with a toolbox of innovative ideas and methodologies that can showcase existing, upcoming and already implemented tools, case studies, best practices, a database and links between stakeholders to address the 3 main components of marine littering:
Prevention & reduction,
Monitoring & quantification, and
Removal & recycling.
Given its potential for aquaculture growth, the toolbox will be focused mainly on three sea basins: the Mediterranean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea regions.
More information at: https://aqua-lit.eu
Editor at the digital magazine AquaHoy. He holds a degree in Aquaculture Biology from the National University of Santa (UNS) and a Master’s degree in Science and Innovation Management from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, with postgraduate diplomas in Business Innovation and Innovation Management. He possesses extensive experience in the aquaculture and fisheries sector, having led the Fisheries Innovation Unit of the National Program for Innovation in Fisheries and Aquaculture (PNIPA). He has served as a senior consultant in technology watch, an innovation project formulator and advisor, and a lecturer at UNS. He is a member of the Peruvian College of Biologists and was recognized by the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in 2016 for his contribution to aquaculture.
