Success stories

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Canopée, the world’s first” wind-powered hybrid industrial cargo ship. French company Ayro developed Oceanwings® 363, wingsails that reduce the fuel consumption of ships by 30%.

Much attention is given to the negative environmental impacts of fishing, but how much is known about the many benefits of the sector?

When scientists launched the EU funded SeaRover project to explore the depths of Ireland’s oceans, no one expected them to make groundbreaking discoveries.

Ocean Ecostructure, a Spanish company from Barcelona, is addressing pressing environmental challenges related to the loss of biomass and biodiversity.

In the French outermost region of La Réunion, small-scale fishers often use surface longlines to target tuna and billfish. But with this technique, fishers sometimes accidentally catch sharks.

The marine waters around France are a mosaic of habitats. A LIFE project is helping the French marine Natura 2000 network protect them and reach favourable conservation status.

Holzinger a family-owned fish processing company in Upper Austria, is a cornerstone of Austria's regional economy and central European market. Holzinger has embarked on a digital and modernisation push, focusing on three key areas: using renewable energies, investing in new equipment and machines,

Tuna is the most appreciated aquatic food item in the EU. Worldwide, the consumption of tuna species amounts to 7.5 million tonnes per year, equalling to a global tuna market value of € 36 billion per year. Unfortunately, this consumption is fully based on wild catch as reproduction of tuna in farms

With the help of EMFF funding and a bit of Danish ingenuity, researchers are exploring innovative production techniques that could revolutionise aquaculture as we know it.