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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
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And that’s a wrap on the 2023 #EUBeachCleanup campaign! 44 countries, 555 events, 45,700 participants, and 183,094 kg of waste collected across all inhabited continents. An incredible year that saw the involvement of so many more citizens, NGOs, EU institutions, Climate Pact Ambassadors,
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Through this new initiative, the EIB Advisory Services, in collaboration with the EIB Projects Directorate, will provide financial advisory to selected projects in the blue economy. Each project selected should display the potential to contribute strongly to the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean
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The European Commission seeks feedback on measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears in the high seas. You can take part in the call for evidence and the public consultation until 5 February 2024.
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'The EU fish market' is a comprehensive analysis of the EU fisheries and aquaculture industry made by the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture (EUMOFA).
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The Commission has launched ‘Fishers of the Future’, an EU-wide participatory project that will examine the future role of fishers in society up to 2050.
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ICCAT members adopted recommendations to promote sustainable practices, ensure responsible use of marine resources, and enhance the conservation of vulnerable species.