The aquatic products sector
in action

A scheme dedicated to seed funding and the growth of innovative companies With nearly €50M under management, the fund invests each year in high-potential young companies, prioritizing co-investment with other financial players to secure fundraising rounds. Its objective is clear: make it easier to access innovation funding, speed up the market launch of technological solutions, […]

On January 9, nearly forty participants gathered for a morning dedicated to a major challenge for industrial companies: optimizing refrigeration consumption. This inherently costly expense depends on both climatic conditions and electricity prices, and directly impacts competitiveness, particularly in the aquatic products sector, where refrigeration is crucial for product quality, safety, and preservation. Despite the […]

Faced head-on with the effects of climate change, particularly during the 2022 heatwave that significantly impacted production, the company has successfully turned this challenge into a driver for innovation. To secure its operations and improve fish welfare, Saumons de France, a subsidiary of the Aquaponic Management Project (AMP) group, has completely redesigned its farming cycle. […]

Economic context and sector evolution In an economic context marked by slowing consumption and persistent inflationary pressures, the fish, crustacean, and mollusk wholesale sector is experiencing a sharp decline in activity. After two years of strong post-Covid momentum, 2023 marks a turnaround in the economic climate, characterized by a drop in turnover and a continued […]

Details of the new rules The two legislative acts detailing these rules implement several new features introduced by the revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation which entered into force in January 2024. For example, they harmonise and simplify rules on: Format and data exchange: this concerns the frequency of transmission, and the data required, with […]

Improving good fisheries governance through transparency The European Commission published guidelines seeking to help EU countries in supporting small-scale fishers and enhancing transparency and good governance in the allocation of fishing opportunities by EU countries. The Commission has observed that some of the reported allocation methods do not appear to address adequately emerging challenges faced […]

This briefing note provides a clear summary of the key information needed to understand FP10, its role and its main priorities. The programme will remain independent, while being closely linked to the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), particularly under Pillar II. To download the briefing note, click here. To find out more, feel free to contact […]

Its key objectives are to: Reduce compliance costs, Streamline data, cybersecurity, and AI obligations, Facilitate the secure flow of public data using the once-only principle. Relax the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by allowing the use of personal data without consent. Notify individuals in the event of a cyberattack

Over two days, we met a diverse audience: professionals, innovation stakeholders, curious individuals, families… The opening to the general public on Sunday was a great success. We gathered numerous testimonials, answered questions that were sometimes in-depth, sometimes full of curiosity, and observed genuine enthusiasm for the potential applications of algae in our daily lives. At […]