Sealogy, the European Exhibition on Blue Economy, is the first Italian trade fair entirely dedicated to the sea and its resources, conceived to become the international reference event for the Blue Economy sectors, where all actors of the supply chains actively contribute to sustainable development and innovation.
Fish are food. We know that. And yet, in discussions about the future of food, that simple fact tends to be forgotten. When world leaders gather for the UN Food System Summit next year, fish and other aquatic foods need to be on the table.
The 2020 Forum will take stock of the unprecedented challenging situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and its strong socio-economic impact on the outermost regions. It will discuss these regions’ post Covid-19 needs, and identify recovery solutions at European, national or regional level to deliver a targeted response to the crisis, focusing on the most impacted sectors, such as tourism, transport, employment and agriculture.
The European Commission adopted an updated action plan for a sustainable, resilient and competitive blue economy in the EU Atlantic area, covering France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
The Commission adopted a report on the first implementation cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in June 2020.
On June 11, 2020, the European Commission published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related to oceans and the coastal environment. With a turnover of €750 billion in 2018, the EU blue economy is in good health.
The BlueInvest Fund will provide financing to underlying equity funds that strategically target and support the innovative blue economy. This sector can play an important role in the transformation to a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, an ambition announced in the European Green Deal.
14th Arctic Frontiers conference with the theme “Power of knowledge”. The conference has a pan arctic perspective and builds new partnerships across nations, generations and ethnic groups. Arctic Frontiers provides a forum for dialogue and communication between science, government and industry in the Arctic.
The Blue Bioeconomy Forum publishes its European Roadmap!
The European Union will announce 22 new commitments at the 2019 edition of ‘Our Ocean conference', for better governance of the oceans. In addition, the EU is also launching ‘The Ocean Tracker', an interactive map to follow the over 10 billion euros commitments already made by governments, businesses and NGOs.
Ahead of the December Council meeting on Fisheries, the Commission has adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities in 2020 for 72 stocks in the Atlantic and the North Sea. The fishing opportunities, or Total Allowable Catches (TACs), are quotas set for most commercial fish stocks in order to keep or restore healthy stocks, while allowing the industry to profit from fishing the highest amount of fish.
The event aims to take stock of progress made through the recently launched action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy, as well as looking into the future and the steps planned for the next few years.
The Blue Bioeconomy Forum brings together a partnership of industry, public authorities, academia, and finance in order to strengthen Europe's competitive position in the emerging blue bioeconomy.
Algae farming is widespread in China. The macroalgae Laminaria is mainly used for food in China but its bioactive ingredients are also used, for example, in cosmetics, dietary supplements or as an additive to animal food. The industrial processing of Laminaria produces wastewater with a salinity of around 20 percent. A team led by Dr. Laurenz Thomsen, Professor of Geosciences at Jacobs University, and Postdoc Dr. Song Wang wants to clean this high-salinity wastewater with microalgal technology.
The European Union's blue economy continues growing. The economic activities related to oceans, seas and coastal areas recorded gross profit of EUR 74.3 billion in 2017, with 4 million persons employed, which is an increase of half a million since 2011.
