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  • Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2024 in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

    9 November 2023 Communication team

    Today, the Commission adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2024 for the Mediterranean and the Black Seas. The proposal promotes the sustainable management of fish stocks in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas and delivers on the political commitments made in the MedFish4Ever and Sofia Declarations. The Commission proposes to use the same tools […]

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  • Mediterranean fisheries and aquaculture: outcomes of GFCM high-level conference on MedFish4Ever initiatives

    8 November 2023 Communication team

    This week, the European Commission and 20 EU and Mediterranean states renewed their commitments to deliver on their sustainability pledges made in the MedFish4Ever Declaration. The 2017 MedFish4Ever Declaration has been a cornerstone in regional fisheries governance, catalysing action to build a regulatory framework for sustainable management and development. Six years down the road, Mediterranean […]

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  • Blue Strategy Proposal for the Valencian Community in Spain

    23 October 2023 National Hub Spain

    Press release: Cátedra de Economía Azul, On October 20, 2023, the presentation of the Blue Strategy Proposal of the Valencian Community took place, at The Ocean Race Museum in the Port of Alicante, organized by the Càtedra Interuniversitària d’Economia Blava-UA- UMH-Generalitat Valenciana. The event has had the notable presence of numerous authorities, including the Hon. […]

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  • New EMFAF Regional flagship projects just kicked off their work!

    16 October 2023 Communication team

    Source: CINEA website The EMFAF Regional flagships call, with a budget of EUR 7.6 million, focused on EU sea basins cooperation; in particular the Atlantic, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea Region and the EU Outermost Regions. Ten new projects just kicked off. Four projects are related to the Mediterranean: Green Marine Med, […]

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  • WestMED National Hub Italy organises succesful desalination event at the BluePlanet Economy Forum 2023

    12 October 2023 National Hub Italy

    On 11 October 2023 WestMED’s Italian National Hub organised a highly succesful event on desalination together with BIG (Blue Italian Growth) and Federazione del Mare at the BluePlanet Economy Forum 2023 in Rome. The focus was on the urgency and importance of desalination in the Mediterranean with a specific focus on the Italian supply chain. […]

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