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Innovative practices and technologies for developing sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region

The project strived to demonstrate that the Baltic Sea region aquaculture has the potential to become a sustainable and responsible food production system, accepted by all stakeholders. Aquabest aims to:

1. Start a self-evaluation of the environmental legislation and licensing...

  • 2013
Action for the Reinforcement of the Transitional Waters' Environmental Integrity
Transitional waters (TW) link adjacent river basins and marine areas and are critically important for the ecological health of the Baltic Sea. The European Water Policy and the EU Water Framework Directive set the guidelines for managing river basins, while marine areas are managed within the EU Maritime Spatial Planning framework.
  • 2013
Homogenized marine gravity maps of southern and eastern Baltic sea for modern 3d applications in marine geodesy, geology and navigation.

The project aims to increase the potential of national sectoral agencies and the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission (BSHC) to realize their tasks. BSHC is currently implementing a new and unified height reference system for the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) which...

  • 2024
Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

The underwater landscape of the Baltic Sea is a unique ecological and cultural-historical environment resulting from the combination of a long seafaring history and good preservation conditions. The remains of shipwrecks in Estonian, Finnish and Swedish waters, many of them...

  • 2019
Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region

The aim of the BaltCoast project was to combine numerous concrete pilot projects and measures across the German, Swedish and Finnish Baltic Coast with the development of processes and regulations for spatial planning.

For first time in the Baltic Sea...

  • 2006
Initiating full scale mussel farming in the Baltic Sea

One of the most serious challenges the Baltic Sea is facing is eutrophication, the enrichment of ecosystems by chemical nutrients. The objective of the project is to remove nutrients from the Baltic Sea Region by farming and harvesting blue mussels...

  • 2019
Integrated Baltic Offshore Wind Electricity Grid Development

The Interreg project Baltic InteGrid analysed the framework conditions for the development of a common offshore power grid infrastructure of the Baltic Sea states. The aim of the project was to make a significant contribution to the coordination planning for...

  • 2019
Coherent Linear Infrastructures in Baltic Maritime Spatial Plans

Baltic LINes sought to increase the transnational coherence of shipping routes and energy corridors in Maritime Spatial Plans in the BSR, in order to avoid cross-border mismatches while securing transnational connectivity as well as an efficient use of Baltic Sea space.

In...

  • 2019
An arena for the development of innovations and knowledge within maritime safety, security and environment

Baltic Maritime Science Park (BMSP) constitutes the first concept of an arena aiming at stimulating a dynamic cluster development in the Baltic Sea Region.

The cluster is organized as a network with nodal points all over the Baltic Sea Region...

  • 2014
Maritime safety across borders
The main outputs of the project are Guidelines for local and regional preparedness, a Vision of the PSSA 2020, a Tool for Marine Spatial Planning and an Action Plan for the Baltic Sea Region.
  • 2007
Towards coherence and cross-border solutions in Baltic Maritime Spatial Plans

A key aim of the EU Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Directive adopted in 2014 is to promote consistency and coherence of maritime spatial plans across marine regions. This requires ongoing cooperation across borders and mechanisms that facilitate the exchange of...

  • 2017
EO Applications for Integrated Maritime and Territorial Spatial Planning in the Baltic

European directives, such as the Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Directive, require member states to reach good ecological status in their coastal and inland waters. In the Baltic Sea this goal has not yet been achieved.

Spatial planning is...

  • 2023