The newsletter from the Maritime Affairs & Fisheries for May has been published and covers the following topics:
News
- European Maritime Day – taking Blue Growth to the next level
- The way forward for European aquaculture: high-level seminar in Brussels
- Green Week: webinar on funding and investing in sustainable blue projects
- The European Parliament voted the new EU-Mauritania fisheries deal
- Blue Economy Business Awards
- European Commission adopts ecolabelling report
Events
- Green week 2016 – investing in our oceans – 30 May – 3 June 2016
- 40th session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean – 30 May – 3 June 2016
- Conference on the blue economy of the Black Sea, Odessa, Ukraine – 14 June 2016
- Workshop on strategic cooperation on Blue Growth in the North Sea – The Hague, 20-21 June 2016
- NEW DATES: MSP Stakeholder Series 6th Conference: Maritime Spatial Planning Worldwide (MSP), 23-24 June 2016, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores
- Blue Economy Business and Science Forum 1st Summit – Hamburg – 12 – 13 September 2016
Infographics
- EU Maritime Security Strategy
- Aquaculture in the EU – Tapping into Blue Growth
Publications and studies
- Scientific advice on the estimation of surplus for sustainable fisheries partnership agreements
- Feasibility report on options for an EU ecolabel scheme for fishery and aquaculture products
- The European Fisheries Fund and the EU fish processing industry
- EUMOFA Monthly Highlights n°04/2016
Funding opportunities
- Call for proposals: EASME/EMFF/2016/1.2.1.2 – “Blue Careers in Europe” – 1 March – 31 May 2016
- Call for proposals: EASME/EMFF/2016/1.2.1.4 – “Blue Labs: innovative solutions for maritime challenges” – 1 March – 31 May 2016
- Call for tender: EASME/EMFF/2016/008 Framework contract for the provision of scientific advice for fisheries beyond EU waters – 24 May – 29 June 2016
- Call for tenders: EASME/EMFF/2016/005: High resolution seabed mapping – 4 May – 2 August 2016
- Call for proposals: Blue Technology: transfer of innovative solutions to sea basin economies – 31 March – 30 September 2016
Call for applications
- Selection of members of the informal expert group on “Skills and career development in the Blue Economy”
In depth
- Interview with Anna Pyć, Vice-President of the Polish Trout Breeders Association
For more information, the full newsletter can be found here.
