Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2023-03-02

Description

Description (EN):

In the last decade, Europe’s ocean economy has received increasing policy attention. This can be seen in the publication and ongoing implementation of the EU’s Blue Growth Strategy, the Atlantic Strategy and its Action Plan, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, etc. These initiatives are all aimed at fostering the sustainable development of the EU’s marine resources. The impact of the current and potential human activities on marine and coastal ecosystems will therefore be a key determinant of the ocean´s health and of the derived benefits through the ecosystem services. The objective of the MOSES project is to examine the ‘blue’ growth path for the sustainable development of the major sectors operating in the Atlantic space as envisaged in the Atlantic Action Plan. MOSES will quantify blue growth for key marine sectors and develop a common methodology for the quantitative assessment of sectoral pressures on the marine environment and the vulnerability of marine and coastal areas. The methodology will contribute to the joint implementation of integrated marine industry sustainability assessment toolkits across the Atlantic region. To achieve these aims the consortium will work on four major blocks: (i) Evaluate the evolution of the Atlantic marine sectors using the previous Atlantic Area project MARNET framework; (ii) Examine the sectoral pressures on the Atlantic marine environment in order to identify best management practices; (iii) Assess the vulnerability of coastal marine areas/features to marine sector to the identified sectoral pressures; (iv) Using case studies, develop sustainable transition plans to blue growth for a number of key marine sectors and test policies for how well they manage activities to meet Marine Spatial Planning and Maritime Strategy Framework Directive goals.

Achievements (EN):

In the last decade, Europe’s ocean economy has received an unprecedented level of policy attention, resulting in the implementation of strategies aimed at fostering the sustainable development of the EU’s marine resources. With this in mind, MOSES project was set up to examine the blue growth path for the sustainable development of the major Atlantic Area ocean economy sectors, such as marine and coastal tourism, shipping, marine energy and aquaculture. To do so, MOSES went beyond using key indicators of economic growth such as turnover, value added and jobs created by marine industries to assessing the impact of each activity on the marine environment and the physical vulnerability of marine and coastal areas and ecosystems to such activities. The methodology employed contributed to the joint implementation of integrated marine industry sustainability assessment toolkits across the Atlantic region. The project also examined the possible integration of these issues into sectoral and regional development policies. Visualisation tools such as heat maps for the vulnerability of Atlantic regions in achieving blue growth while preserving the marine environment were developed. The project also generated activity-specific pressure indicators and cross-sectoral pressure indicators used to implement a sustainable blue growth management regime. This permitted active collaboration between different local stakeholders and regional authorities where they can use the primary indicators and vulnerability index to gauge the relative risks faced by each coastal region and, as a result, better design appropriate policies for their coasts’ protection. MOSES thus resulted in the development of integrated marine sustainability assessment toolkits and sustainable transition plans for the marine sectors across a number of case studies. "I would like to recognise the highly-relevant input from MOSES which helped us to develop different aspects of our economy analysis on the EU Blue Economy report. This project, led by SEMRU at NUI Galway, was extremely useful in terms of providing guidance on how to go beyond just recording economic indicators of the ocean economy industries to examining how the industries might transition to more sustainable forms of operation. The marine ecosystem service indicators, sustainable pathways analysis and the focus on the development of marine ocean accounts are influencing what we report on in our annual EU Blue Economy reporting series”. Angel Calvo Santos Deputy Head of Economic Analysis, Markets and Impact Assessments Unit, DG MARE Directorate-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

Website: http://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

The main result of this project will be to understand and quantify the sustainability dimension of Blue Growth with respect to the potential environmental impact of key strategic marine sectors, such as marine and coastal tourism. Firstly, the MARNET framework will be used to estimate the size and growth of key strategic marine sectors at the regional level. This will facilitate the monitoring of progress in the Atlantic Ocean economy since the implementation of the Atlantic Strategy and the Atlantic Action Plan. The project will also result in the development of integrated marine sustainability assessment toolkits and sustainable transition plans for key strategic marine sectors using case studies. Visualisation tools such as heat maps for vulnerability of Atlantic regions in achieving ‘blue growth’ while preserving the marine environment will also be developed.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Sustainable management of natural resources

Specific Objective: Improving the protection of biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem services

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh

Address: Galway, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 553 494.85

ERDF budget: EUR 415 121.14

Fundación AZTI – AZTI Fundazioa

Name: Fundación AZTI – AZTI Fundazioa

Address: Sukarrieta, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 176 273.15

ERDF budget: EUR 132 204.86

Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental

Name: Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental

Address: Matosinhos, Portugal

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 212 979.50

ERDF budget: EUR 159 734.63

Queen’s University Belfast

Name: Queen’s University Belfast

Address: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 362 875.45

ERDF budget: EUR 272 156.59

Northern & Western Regional Assembly

Name: Northern & Western Regional Assembly

Address: Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 264 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 198 000.00

Foro Marítimo Vasco

Name: Foro Marítimo Vasco

Address: BILBAO, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 75 735.00

ERDF budget: EUR 56 801.25

Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer

Name: Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer

Address: Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 238 425.00

ERDF budget: EUR 178 818.75

Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco

Name: Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco

Address: Leioa (Bizkaia), Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 316 621.50

ERDF budget: EUR 237 466.12

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Fundación AZTI – AZTI Fundazioa

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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Queen’s University Belfast

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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Northern & Western Regional Assembly

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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Foro Marítimo Vasco

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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University of Ireland Galway

Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

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Summary

Project name (EN): Maritime, ocean sector and ecosystem sustainability: fostering blue growth in Atlantic industries

Project name (ES): Sostenibilidad de ecosistemas marinos, marítimos: industrias Atlánticas, fomentando crecimiento azul

Project name (PT): Setor marítimo e sustentabilidade dos ecossistemas: o crescimento da indústria azul no Atlântico

Project name (FR): Secteur maritime et viabilité des écosystèmes: soutenir la croissance bleue de l'économie atlantique

Project acronym: MOSES

Project start date: 2018-02-01

Project end date: 2021-01-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 200 404.45

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 650 303.34

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 650 303.34.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Studies / surveys

Develop sustainable transition plans for selected sectors using case sstudies

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://mosesproject.eu/portfolio-item/tourism-mobility-in-the-atlantic-arc/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Blue Growth Pathway for Ports

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://mosesproject.eu/case-studies/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Blue Growth Pathway for Marine and Coastal Tourism Trail Development

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://mosesproject.eu/case-studies/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Blue Growth Pathway for Offshore Renewable Energy

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://mosesproject.eu/case-studies/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Blue Growth Pathway for Commercial Fishing

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://mosesproject.eu/case-studies/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Blue Growth Pathway for Aquaculture

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://mosesproject.eu/case-studies/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-08-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

71 / 71 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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