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Born in 2011, the Atlantic Maritime Strategy was the first sea-basin strategy in Europe. With the support of the European Commission, the EU Member States in the Atlantic region (France, Ireland, Spain and Portugal) have worked together to unlock the potential of a sustainable blue economy in the
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Among the main measures, the EU and neighbouring countries agreed within the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) to launch new tools to keep track of the activities of all fleets fishing in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas and sharing the various multiannual management
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With the help of EU funding, Dutch researchers and fishing industry have developed an AI-based tool for the Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) project.
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Fishery rules that exist only on paper won't make fishing any more sustainable. One way to enforce these rules, especially in vast ocean areas where monitoring is hard, is through joint inspection programs. The European Fishery Control Agency (EFCA) helps coordinate such inspections for EU countries
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What if there was a way to digitise the marine commerce sector through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)? Seaber, a Finnish maritime software company, empowers ship and cargo owners with advanced tools to streamline commercial planning processes.
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Portugal is one of the top three European suppliers of octopus, making this fishery an important source of income for many fishers on the Algarve coast.
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The Commission has published its proposal to set catch limits, or total allowable catches (TACs), for 18 fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak for 2024. The proposal is based on scientific advice and covers fish stocks managed solely by the EU in those sea basins
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The Council of the European Union reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2024, following the Commission proposal made in August this year.
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From 5 to 7 October, la Maison de l'Océan in Paris became a vibrant home to the global algae community. The first EU Algae Awareness Summit brought together algae specialists, businesses, advocates, chefs, people interested in the subject and even seaweed artists.
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Achieving the recently agreed EU target of at least 42.5% renewable energy by 2030, with an ambition to reach 45% renewables, will require a massive increase in wind installed capacity with an expected growth from 204 GW in 2022 to more than 500 GW in 2030.