The blue economy covers a range of traditional and emerging sectors that are essential sources of food, energy, health and leisure for people throughout the world. The blue economy is growing fast and attracting investment worldwide. However, businesses often remain unsustainable. Illegal fishin...
Europe's seas are precious. Our quality of life, livelihoods and economies depend on the condition of our seas. Clean, healthy and productive seas can sustain the supply of ecosystem services to people. In this way, our seas have played a central role in the development of European communities a...
The WestMED Initiative has been created to help public institutions, academia, local communities, small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs from both sides of the Western Mediterranean develop local and regional maritime projects together....
The report includes the literature overview in relation to Service Request EASME/EMFF/2017/038 “Study to support investment for the sustainable development of the blue economy”. The report has been prepared in the time period April, 2018 – May, 2018 and provides only high level overview on infor...
With maritime space in increasingly high demand, due to competition between different sectors, Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) can be a determining factor for the development of the blue economy. This study aims to explore evidence of effects stemming from the current state of implementation of ...
The Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works is responsible for policy formulation and exercises overall oversight on the transport, housing, urban development and public works segments in the country. In this respect, the ministry has overall responsibi...
In May 2019, DG MARE and the JRC published its Blue economy Report. The main focus was on boosting a “blue” economy, the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, through entrepreneurship, investment, and research and innovation. In order to better understand and illustrate the new...
The European Commission defines Bioeconomy as: “the production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources and waste streams into value added products, such as food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy.” (European Commission, 2012). The addition of “blue” entails a...
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics, f...
In 2018, EUMOFA released a groundbreaking “Blue bioeconomy: situation report and perspectives” report that provided a comprehensive overview of the blue bioeconomy sector in the European Union. By definition, “blue bioeconomy” incorporates any economic activity associated with the use of renewab...