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Aquabest
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
Aquaspace
Aquaspace: Ecosystem Approach to Making Space for Sustainable Aquaculture

The aquaculture sector needs to increase production in the face of declining wild fish stocks and increased demand for seafood worldwide.  Despite many government and EU initiatives to increase aquaculture development, European aquaculture production has flat-lined in recent years.

AquaSpace...

  • 2018
ARTWEI
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
BALANCE
Baltic Sea Management - Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Ecosystem through Spatial Planning
BALANCE aimed towards development of informed marine management tools for the Baltic Sea based on spatial planning and cross-sectoral and transnational co-operation.
  • 2013
BalMarGrav
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
BaltCoast
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
Baltic Blue Growth
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
Baltic InteGrid
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
Baltic LINes
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
Baltic Master
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
Baltic SCOPE
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
Baltic Sea2Land
Fostering integrated governance for the joint sustainable use of human and natural capital in the near shore zone.

The complexity of land-sea interactions (LSI) and overlapping jurisdictions of various public authorities calls for multi-level governance (MLG) to balance different interests and drivers in coastal areas in order to achieve European Green Deal (EGD) goals and Sustainable Blue Economy...

  • 2025