Fisheries and aquaculture sector

1. Climate-change impact studies in marine ecosystems
2. Biodiversity inventories using environmental DNA
3. Marine-biodiversity monitoring under climate change
4. Predictive models of shoreline evolution
5. Impact assessment on fisheries
6. Ecological models and species-interaction networks
7. Climate-vulnerability assessment in coastal and marine areas
8. Climate-risk assessment for marine sectors (fisheries, aquaculture, infrastructure)
9. Predictive ecological models and big data to anticipate climate impacts
10. Adaptation plans and early-warning systems

Nature-based solutions and blue carbon

1. NbS for habitat restoration and coastal protection
2. Blue-carbon approaches for climate mitigation and ecosystem enhancement

Sustainable fisheries management

1. Fishery resource assessment
2. Sampling networks and information systems for sustainable fisheries management
3. Scientific marine-monitoring campaigns and collection of fisheries and ecosystem data
4. Population-size estimation using CKMR genetic methods
5. Applications of big data for fisheries prediction and management
6. Biomass estimation and population-structure analysis
7. Technical and scientific support for small-scale fisheries
8. Recreational fisheries assessment
9. Certification and environmental sustainability standards
10. Simulation of management scenarios and economic impacts

Associated tools

1. Real-time access platform for fisheries databases
2. Annual catch and fishing-effort reports
3. RDB Overview Tool
4. Axiom genotyping chip for hake, monkfish and Atlantic bluefin tuna
5. Identification guide for requiem sharks (Eastern Atlantic)
6. VISUANG: eel-management data-visualisation platform
7. Infographics on diadromous species in Europe
8. SSF Toolbox
9. MOSES Index: spatial-use assessment for small-scale fleets
10. SSF impact infographics (NE Atlantic)
11. CABFishMan GeoTool
12. FLBEIA bioeconomic simulator
13. INFOTACS tactical information tool for fisheries decisions
14. Input–Output Table (IOT) for fisheries and aquaculture sectors

Mitigating fishing impacts on marine biodiversity

1. Development of devices to reduce the impact of fishing on biodiversity
2. Scientific advice on the use of FADs (Fish Aggregating Devices)
3. Circular-economy solutions with fishing gears

Associated tools

1. Automated species classification for improved selectivity
2. Good-practice guide for handling and releasing associated species in tropical tuna purse-seine fleets

Marine governance

1. Technical and scientific advice for the implementation of fisheries policies
2. Scientific advice for sustainable resource exploitation, integrating ecosystem and socio-economic criteria

Reduction of the environmental impact of fishing

1. Technological solutions for fleet decarbonisation (energy transition)
2. Technologies to improve onboard strategy and efficiency
3. Innovations related to fishing gears

Associated tools

1. MEMORIA: technology for sustainable fishing
2. SIMUL: onboard energy-monitoring system for fleet decarbonisation
3. Route-optimisation algorithms for energy saving
4. Kaindar – renewable charging station with cold ironing technology
5. Design procedure for leading edges and hydrodynamic lifting structures

Digital transformation of the fleet

1. Data-collection systems for efficient fisheries management
2. Control and traceability systems for catches
3. Digital tools for operational fishing forecasts
4. Interpretative analyses and weekly prediction of likely tuna presence in the Bay of Biscay

Innovation in sustainable fishing-gear design

1. Onboard process optimisation and control
2. Technologies to enhance safety and wellbeing onboard

Associated tools

1. Operational prediction tools for fisheries
2. Multibeam-sonar distortion simulator: reliable estimates of fish volume and density
3. Automated species classification using AI
4. DEFES – improved safety during crew boarding and landing in port

Design, development and optimisation of production systems

1. Optimisation of aquaculture facilities and operations
2. Marine spatial planning for new aquaculture activities
3. Solutions for efficient aquaculture production management
4. Market and commercialisation strategies for aquaculture products

Associated tools

1. KOSTASystem coastal videometry for coastal surveillance and management
2. VAPEM: marine spatial-planning and ecosystem-services assessment tools
3. ENVIROSCORE: environmental labelling based on the EU environmental footprint

ENVIRODIGITAL

1. AQUAPEF Tool
2. AMBI Marine Biotic Index
3. Guidelines for minimising aquaculture by-products and waste

Food safety

1. Quality-assurance and food-safety systems in aquaculture
2. Bacteriophages for food-safety applications