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Mediterranean Algae, a Spanish company tackles nutrient pollution in ports and coastal waters. Its system uses algae to clean seawater. It also provides reliable real-time data on water quality. This helps ports meet EU requirements and reduce their environmental impact.

As the European Union advances its green transition, climate ambitions and circular economy objectives, it is increasingly important that Indigenous people are able to contribute to policies that affect their lands, livelihoods and communities.

From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, the vast majority of bathing waters in Europe met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent' bathing quality standards in 2025, according to the latest annual Bathing Water report published today.

In Portugal’s Ria de Aveiro lagoon, the once-thriving Largo do Laranjo was a vibrant underwater meadow carpeted in Zostera noltei seagrass. But decades of industrial pollution left mercury and arsenic into the waters, poisoning the sediments and wiping out the underwater greenery.

Seafood consumers often focus on a small number of well-known fish species, placing pressure on those stocks. In Malta, however, the authorities have decided to tackle this at a grassroots level: through the ‘Explore the Variety, Eat Sustainable Fish’ initiative,

The European Commission has approved an €8 million Croatian State aid scheme to support fishing companies facing increased fuel prices due to the Middle East crisis.

The European Commission has launched two calls for evidence to help shape the future Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy (R&I), a flagship initiative under the EU Water Resilience Strategy and the European Ocean Pact.

Today, the European Commission adopted two dedicated strategies, one for EU islands and one for EU coastal communities, setting out for the first time a coordinated European approach to support both types of territories and unlock their long-term potential.

On Saturday 23 May 2026, on the shore of Limassol, Cyprus, Commissioner Costas Kadis officially launched this year’s edition of the #EUBeachCleanup campaign.