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2019 will see s.Pro Sustainable projects GmbH (the founding and managing partner of the SUBMARINER network) working together with 6 partners from Hungary, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, and France on a new project, AQUA-LIT, aiming to combat marine litter resulting from aquaculture activities.

The first legislative proposal presented in the framework of the EU Plastics Strategy, ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment” (COM(2018) 340 final), addresses the top 10 litter items most commonly found as waste on European beaches as part of drift line monitoring for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC).

As mussel farmers are an integral part of the Baltic Blue Growth project, the new online section Mussel community will introduce a selection of farmers in detail, describing their personal motives for managing a mussel farm. The Baltic Blue Growth mussel farm in Kalmarsund, Sweden uses a submerged net-farm production system which has been designed to withstand ice and offshore conditions.

As mussel farmers are an integral part of the Baltic Blue Growth project, the new online section Mussel community will introduce a selection of farmers in more in detail, describing their personal motives for managing a mussel farm. The Baltic Blue Growth mussel farm on Vormsi Island in Estonia is the easternmost farm within the project. It is cultivating mussels in the same area as red algae.

Are you looking for an exciting Master's degree with a focus on sustainability of the oceans and new solutions? The University of Gothenburg launches a unique interdisciplinary Master's Programme in Sea and Society preparing for a broad marine career. It is open to everyone with a Bachelor’s degree. No fees for EU citizens.

Almost 20 participants from the South Baltic Region got in touch with innovative approaches of the Flemish aquaculture sector and learned about new species that are to date rarely found in Europe.

As mussel farmers are an integral part of the Baltic Blue Growth project, the new online section Mussel community will introduce a selection of farmers in more in detail, describing their personal motives for managing a mussel farm. The Baltic Blue Growth mussel farm in the Kiel Bay is an extension to the existing farm producing mussel for human consumption.

The registration for the conference “The role of regions in fostering blue growth” - Smart Blue Regions’ final conference - is now open! Click here to register

The conference will take place in Berlin on the 22^nd of January. It will build upon the results of several transnational projects, most of them Submariner Network ones, that all aim to foster blue growth – from regions and for regions in the Baltic Sea. 

The European Commission's 'map of the month' presents all algae-producing facilities in Europe, covering both micro- as well as macro-algae.

The kick-off event of the new Blue Platform project took place in Helsinki on 5-6 November. Blue Platform will increase awareness of existing Blue Bioeconomy knowledge in the Baltic, and focuses on streamlining activities both now and in the future. 

Food from farms is a big part of our everyday life. We have become frequent consumers of aquaculture products, but we know little about where they come from and under what conditions they are farmed, especially crustaceans like shrimp.

The Biomarine Business Convention took place on 2- 4 Oct. 2018 in Cascais, Portugal. SUBMARINER members and project partners attended this great event.