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Solutions of the month

Each month, we spotlight inspiring solutions that are transforming our oceans and waters. Find out which solutions are making waves this month.

Methodology for Identifying areas of interest for Marine Protected Areas

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ASTRAL Technology Solutions for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, biosensors based on bivalve mollusks

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AtlantECO podcast on marine science and the Atlantic Ocean solutions

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NAUTILOS Citizen Science App

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Sea Watchers-Marine Citizen Science Platform

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Galway Atlantiquaria Activity Sheets and Resources

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Spot the jelly fish

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eOceans – Real-Time Ocean Insights

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CORALLO – Explore & Protect Malta’s Biodiversity

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Coral Research Roadmap – Advancing Assisted Evolution

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Solving challenges

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Marine protection and restoration

Find out solutions enhancing marine conservation and restoring ecosystems through a combination of improved management, stakeholder collaboration, and targeted restoration measures

Protection and restoration of coastal areas ecosystem

Explore how solutions address issues such as ecological restoration, nature-based solutions (NbS), land-sea interactions, and flood susceptibility assessments

Human activities and marine and coastal biodiversity

Discover how solutions are mitigating the environmental impacts of human activities such as fishing, offshore energy, ports, and tourism while fostering sustainable practice.

Protection and restoration of freshwater biodiversity

Explore how solutions address issues such as sustainable land use, ecological connectivity, nature based solutions (NBS),  improved management of existing PAs, setting new PAs, etc.

Pollution prevention and management in freshwater ecosystems

Discover how solutions address issues such as monitoring and management of freshwater pollution (including chemicals, nutrients, plastics and microplastics, etc.).

Multiuse of marine and coastal spaces space

Discover which solutions can contribute to challenges for maritime spatial planning, including safety and security of persons in areas of multiuse, the assessment of cumulative impacts, the optimisation of marine space, etc.

Circular solution of blue economy

Discover which solutions can provide circular solutions for challenges in ports, fisheries, aquaculture; offshore renewable energy, etc.

Decarbonisation of blue economy

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Monitoring and tracking of pollution sources

Explore how solutions address issues such as: enhancing detection, tracking, and monitoring of microplastics/nanoplastics in various environments; nutrients, chemicals, pesticides observation and tracking; collaborative frameworks for pollution control across borders; managing pollutants that cross national boundaries through air, rivers, or ocean currents.

Reduction and recycling of plastics

Explore how solutions related to the deduction and recycling of plastics by addressing issues such as: reducing the introduction of microplastics from consumer and industrial sources; developing scalable technologies for efficient recycling and reuse of microplastic materials (including Marine Litter).

Reduction of the use of nutrients, chemicals, pesticides

Explore how solutions related to the reduction of the use of nutrients, chemicals and pesticides provides alternatives for pesticides use for agriculture and promote the use of green nutrients for agriculture

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Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
Knowledge sharing & capacity building

Repository of resources on restoration of Posidonia Oceanica

As part of the Marine Forest initiative, this repository offers various resources on the restoration of Posidonia oceanica. These resources include a virtual exhibition on the submerged forests of...

Mission objective: Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity Enabler 2a - Mobilisation and engagement Enabler 2b - Raising awareness
Topic(s): Ecosystem approach Environmental protection Restoration Species and habitat Blue Parks Community

Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
Knowledge sharing & capacity building

Repository of scientific publications on coastal protection and restoration

The project publications consist of 17 scientific articles that are relevant to the project or have been produced as part of the project itself. The publications include articles on coastal...

Mission objective: Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity Objective 3a - Blue economy - multiuse of water space Objective 3c - Blue economy - Decarbonisation and ecosystem perspectives in maritime industries
Topic(s): Blue biotechnologies Blue reforestation Coastal resilience Nature-based restoration Ports and port activities Ocean literacy Ecosystem approach

Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)

Restoration Guidelines for Shellfish Reefs

This guideline serves as a comprehensive resource for those involved in shellfish reef restoration, including practitioners, managers, and community stakeholders. It provides essential information to...

Mission objective: Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity Objective 1b - Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity Focus on freshwater
Topic(s): Ecosystem approach Restoration Shellfish

Restoration of a Canopy-Forming Alga Based on Recruitment Enhancement: Methods and Long-Term Success Assessment

This report proposes cystoseira-species-specific protocols to provide researchers and practitioners with information that is important to consider when restoring macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea...

Mission objective: Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity
Topic(s): Aquatic plants and algae Blue reforestation Kelp forest Restoration

Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
Policy, regulation & governance

Review and analysis of policies, strategies and instruments for boosting sustainable tourism in Europe

The report was developed with the objective of providing an overview of Europe-wide action on the state and development of sustainable tourism at different levels, with a particular focus on small and...

Mission objective: Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity
Topic(s): Coastal maritime tourism Active learning Circular economy approaches

Technological solutions

River Cleaning System for Plastics

The River Cleaning System is a mean to clean rivers and oceans from plastic pollution, by focusing on plastic pollution in rivers. The River Cleaning System is barrier that is positioned diagonally...

Mission objective: Objective 2a - Prevent and eliminate pollution - litter and microplastics
Topic(s): Plastic pollution Microplastics

Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
Policy, regulation & governance

Roadmap Study for Tidal Generation with Electrolysis (August 2022)

The report assesses existing roadmaps for tidal generation and electrolysis technology development, aiming to define future opportunities. It provides insights into the current state and outlook of...

Mission objective: Objective 3b - Blue economy - carbon-neutral and circular fisheries and aquaculture Objective 3c - Blue economy - Decarbonisation and ecosystem perspectives in maritime industries
Topic(s): Ocean energy Renewable energy Electrolyser

Tools (tools and applications used to design, develop, implement project or program, also data analysis tools)

Robotic Cleaning Platform

The innovative Robotic Seabed Cleaning Platform is employed to remove marine litter, including macro-plastics, from the seabed of lagoons and coastal areas. The platform is designed to operate up to...

Mission objective: Objective 2a - Prevent and eliminate pollution - litter and microplastics
Topic(s): Marine litter Waste management Coastal resilience

RoCSI eDNA sampler

The environmental DNA (eDNA) sampler – also known as the Robotic Cartridge Sampling Instrument (RoCSI) – developed by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), is an autonomous sampling device for...

Mission objective: Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity Objective 1b - Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity Focus on freshwater Objective 2a - Prevent and eliminate pollution - litter and microplastics Objective 2b - Prevent and eliminate pollution – nutrients‚ chemicals‚ pesticides Enabler 1 - Ocean digital knowledge system
Topic(s): Artificial intelligence Bacteria Chemicals Clean ocean Ecosystem approach Eutrophication Freshwater ecosystem Marine protected areas (MPAs) Nutrients Ocean models Ocean observation Shellfish Species and habitat

Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
Tools and models

SAMPLING STRATEGY AND CONSTRUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIRECT MACRO PLASTIC MEASUREMENT DEVICES IN LARGE RIVERS

This report outlines the development of sampling device which was used to directly measure macro plastics in flowing water near hydropower plants in the Danube River. This included testing and...

Mission objective: Objective 1b - Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity Focus on freshwater Objective 2a - Prevent and eliminate pollution - litter and microplastics Enabler 2b - Raising awareness
Topic(s): Microplastics Plastic pollution Freshwater ecosystem

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