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FleetUSV was an EMFF-funded project which brought to market XOCEAN's innovative, high-performing, low-cost unmanned surface vessel aimed at the commercial ocean data collection sector

ENSAMBLE was a community-led local development project which brought together fishers and stakeholders from Italy, France and Tunisia. The project has created an international network of local communities of fishers, whose legacy still lives on, years after the project end. In this video, ENSAMBLE c

Advanced Skills in Safety, Environment and Security at Sea (ASSESS) was an EMFF-funded education and training project focusing on safety and security issues related to ships and offshore infrastructure.

This article tells the story of STARFISH 4.0, a demonstration project funded by the EMFF which run from December 2019 to November 2022, with an aim to test and deploy NEMO, a vessel monitoring system specifically conceived for the small-scale fleet.

The European Green Deal envisages a central role for the blue economy “in alleviating the multiple demands on the EU’s land resources and tackling climate change. The sector can contribute by improving the use of aquatic and marine resources and by promoting the production and use of new sources of...

Aquaculture production has been growing at a very slow pace in the EU over the last few years, due, among other things, to cumbersome licencing procedures, increasing global competition, and saturation of areas where farming is viable. All of these barriers call for a sustainable intensification of...

With a budget ofEUR 7.5 million, this is the 3rd edition of the Blue Careers call thataims to contribute to the development of thenext generation of blue skillsand to provide opportunities forattractive and sustainable maritime careers.This Blue Careers call will be one of the EC actions under the..

© balipadma - stock.adobe.comThis workshop explored exchange of information, synergies and clustering between offshore renewable energy projects, funded by both the EMFF/EMFAF and other funding programmes. Its main goal was to establish a framework to foster information exchange, networking and...

© peterschreiber.media - Adobe Stock THE OCEAN: a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, power and perfection. The very word “ocean” conjures up images and emotions of its vastness and purity, its freedom and adventure, its calmness and its turbulence in equal measure. Over the millennia...