The objectives of the B-Blue project are to bring together key players in the Blue Biotechnologies (BBt) sector in the Mediterranean Sea, increase their innovation capacity, and foster coordination to unlock the untapped potential for innovation through joint transnational initiatives, and by also involving organizations from the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The transnational coordination framework the project intends to create is based on an inclusive quintuple-helix approach that includes the socio-environmental perspective in decision-making, building on a common ground of knowledge selected based on the potential to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) at the Mediterranean level. The B-Blue project aims to implement a transnational coordination mechanism for the BBt community through mutual interconnection via the BBt digital community platform and a Med network of selected territorial collaborative spaces and value chains (BBt HUBs). The exploitation of marine bioresources through biotechnology-type solutions represents a field with enormous potential for innovation and economic growth, but at the same time a relatively young discipline with a lack of coordination. Thus, the idea behind the B-Blue project is to create a community that unites the various blue biotechnology players nationally and internationally, creating Blue Biotechnology Hubs useful for the promotion and growth of this promising industry.
To verify the environmental impacts on the marine environment caused by sediment delivery operations from dredging works at the Port of Numana (Ancona).
The project explores the influence of maritime activities on MPAs in the Mediterranean, and provides recommendations for MPA managers, MSP authorities, and businesses on how to prevent or minimize the environmental impacts of certain sectors of the blue economy.
Understanding the transmission pathways and fate of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and other pathogenic microorganisms in aquaculture, including contamination from the environment.
To provide national and EU administrations, as well as regional-level fisheries management bodies such as the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT), with scientific data and appropriate tools to undertake programming interventions and adopt management measures in line with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.