Projects

EMFF funding helped a small Croatian fish trading company develop a processing and packaging facility to diversify operations and increase quality.

A Bulgarian family aquaculture business operating in a Natura 2000 area had difficulty finding a solution to their fish being eaten by birds. They established a four-year contract with Bulgarian authorities to be compensated annually for production losses, allowing the protected birds to eat

The EMFF has funded the conversion of a local pig farm to a fish farm: an on-farm aquaculture system designed to reduce the environmental impact of the production, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and integrate crop production.

Four fisheries Local Action Groups (LAGs) along the Danube River have cooperated to identify touristic assets and increase the visibility of their local heritage.

The scientific division of Scotland´s Marine Directorate has used underwater microphones and a digital aerial survey to map the migration patterns of marine mammals.

This project tests the production of feeds enriched with insect larvae, a resource-efficient feed that provides a sustainable protein alternative to fishmeal and fish oil sourced from the oceans.

ParticiPESCA sets out a participatory co-management system for octopus fishing in the Algarve, an area with a high dependence on this fishery.

The LagoMeal project managed to create a commercial fishery for the invasive pufferfish, one of the most harmful invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea.

Ecologists at the University of Vigo, design underwater structures using 'biomimetic' techniques to rebuild the marine environment in the port