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WSense is a deep-tech company bringing innovation to underwater monitoring and communication systems. Through their patented technologies, they have pioneered the 'Underwater Internet of Things' and enable wireless underwater communication.
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Today, the Council agreed on fishing opportunities for 2024 for the fish stocks managed by the EU in the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak.
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Today, EU Fisheries Ministers agreed fishing opportunities for 2024 for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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Today, the EU and the United Kingdom reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities for 2024 for more than 85 total allowable catches (TACs) in the Northeast Atlantic.
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Today, the EU concluded agreements with the UK and Norway, and bilaterally with Norway, securing valuable fishing opportunities for 2024 for the EU fleets and provide predictability for stocks in the Northeast Atlantic and the North Sea.
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Embark on a journey with AFRIMED, a ground-breaking European project dedicated to restoring the degraded macroalgal forests (Cystoseira s.l.) in the Mediterranean Sea.
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On Saturday 2 December, at the Blue Mediterranean Partnership's pledging conference, the European Commission committed to pledge €1 million to the recently established Blue Mediterranean Partnership.
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eyeGauge, a French-Singaporean firm, brings digital innovation to the maritime industry. Through their unified data platform, they can make any equipment “smart” – “without changing a thing”. The platform allows any kind of user to monitor a ship’s performance, fuel consumption, emissions, and
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Organised for the first time in 2024, European Ocean Days will be a week of events related to European maritime topics.
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83% of the global carbon cycle is circulated through the ocean. Coastal ecosystems like mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses sequester and store 'blue' carbon from the atmosphere and oceans in both the plants and the sediment below, and hence are an essential piece of the solution to global