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RSS![Meduza and all its employees © Marko Jurković](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/meduza.jpg?itok=4B9h9U9o)
EMFF funding helped a small Croatian fish trading company develop a processing and packaging facility to diversify operations and increase quality.
- Project locations
- Croatia
![Caviar from Erim Fish ©Veneta Zheleva](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/Caviar-Erim-Fish-copyright-Veneta-Zheleva.jpg?itok=sSdV3baw)
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
- Project locations
- Bulgaria
![Gardsfisk project: on-farm aquaculture system](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-09/gardsfisk.jpg?itok=NeoDUSPQ)
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.
- Project locations
- Sweden
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Four fisheries Local Action Groups (LAGs) along the Danube River have cooperated to identify touristic assets and increase the visibility of their local heritage.
- Project locations
- Romania
![Humpback Whale breaching, near Rockall, Scotland. Photograph by Captain Iain Campbell, Crown ©Marine Scotland](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/1_Humpback-Whale-breaching%2C-near-Rockall%2C-Scotland.jpg?itok=E4ex6Kx6)
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.
- Project locations
- United Kingdom
![The interior of the breeding house for rheophilic fish ©M. Rakowski](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-09/The-interior-of-the-breeding-house-for-rheophilic-fish.jpg?itok=kiuEyPRG)
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.
- Project locations
- Poland
![Near the auction, a fisher transports octopus to be weighed. ©Ana Aresta/ANP|WWF](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/a-fisher-transports-octopus-to-be-weighed-Ana-Aresta.jpg?itok=0tQGChEo)
ParticiPESCA sets out a participatory co-management system for octopus fishing in the Algarve, an area with a high dependence on this fishery.
- Project locations
- Portugal
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The LagoMeal project managed to create a commercial fishery for the invasive pufferfish, one of the most harmful invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Project locations
- Greece
![Artificial model replicating nature (at the start of the project and later with rich biodiversity) ©PuertAlMar](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-02/puertalmar-model.jpg?itok=T12xNdaQ)
Ecologists at the University of Vigo, design underwater structures using 'biomimetic' techniques to rebuild the marine environment in the port
- Project locations
- Spain
![Recognising the species of each fish thanks to artificial intelligence ©Wageningen University and Research](https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-01/FDF.jpg?itok=KTBvxVg2)
Dutch researchers and fishing industry joined forces to develop an AI-based tool that automatically recognises the size and species of each fish. This facilitates the handling of fish and the recording of catches on board vessels.
- Project locations
- Netherlands