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farmed mussels | BalticBlueGrowth - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Malin Gustafsson Kalmar municipality)
2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
Baltic Blue Growth
Baltic Blue Growth - Initiation of full scale mussel farming in the Baltic sea

The Interreg project Baltic Blue Growth paved the way for the farming of blue mussels to become common business practice in the Baltic Sea.

Small test tubes with pipette | Alliance - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Christoph Wirth)
2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
ALLIANCE
Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance

The Interreg project Baltic Blue Biotechnology ALLIANCE built a network of Research-Technology-Innovation mentors who match services, facilities and experts from different countries around the Baltic Sea and turned smart ideas for biotechnology from the sea into a dozen market-ready products.

Offshore windfarm | Baltic LINes - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Tore Johannesen)
2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
Baltic LINes
Coherent Linear Infrastructures in Baltic Maritime Spatial Plans

In the Interreg project Baltic LINes, maritime spatial planners in countries around the Baltic Sea found an efficient way to exchange their national plans for developing energy corridors and shipping routes, and in this way to improve the connectivity across the Baltic Sea.

Coastal fishing man | RETROUT - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Ingmar Eriksson)
2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
RETROUT
Development, promotion and sustainable management of the Baltic Sea Region as a coastal fishing tourism destination.

Recreational fishing in the Baltic Sea, which partly relies on sea trout, has untapped potential for growth and sustainable jobs. The project aims to showcase destinations for coastal fishing and advise on relevant policy regulations. It proposes solutions for efficient restoration of sea trout stock in order to boost the coastal fishing industry.

2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
BalticRIM
Baltic Sea Region Integrated Maritime Cultural Heritage Management

BalticRIM aims to integrate management of cultural heritage in and at the Baltic Sea into maritime spatial planning. Coastal and underwater cultural heritage such as ship wrecks and archaeological sites can help brand cities and regions, attract talent and foster tourism. Currently, such heritage sites are not systematically included in maritime spatial plans across the Baltic Sea. The project helps to identify and designate maritime cultural heritage zones by bringing heritage managers together with spatial planners.

2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
Blue Platform
Bioeconomy for Blue Growth in the Baltic Sea Region – a platform project to capitalize on the outputs of complementary transnational projects

The Blue Platform promotes results from eleven blue bioeconomy projects from Interreg, BONUS and Horizon2020 for authorities, business development organisations and companies as well as national and regional EU funding programmes dealing with blue growth. To improve the framework conditions for blue bioeconomy in the Baltic Sea region, the Blue Platform compiles a manual with joint standards for blue bioeconomy interventions, a Blue Platform Roadmap 2020, and policy papers on the alignment of funding and legislation.

A hand pointing to a location on a map which is put up vertically.
2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
Land-Sea-Act
Land-sea interactions advancing Blue Growth in Baltic Sea coastal areas

Coastal municipalities can be affected by new developments in the Baltic Sea, but their interests are not always taken into account in maritime spatial plans. Furthermore, new uses such as marine aquaculture or wind energy generation can conflict with traditional sea activities like fishing, tourism and leisure. The project Land-Sea-Act wants to explore better governance practices to balance local communities’ and small scale businesses’ interests with large scale development and investment interests in maritime spatial planning.

2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
GRASS
Growing Algae Sustainably in the Baltic Sea

GRASS aims to close the legislative gap for macroalgae cultivation in order to facilitate its introduction to the market as food, energy and consumables, such as plastics. The project maps possible sites for macroalgae cultivation and harvesting, which include implications for spatial planning. It also provides public authorities with training on the licensing, production and use of macroalgae.

Small test tubes with pipette | Alliance - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Christoph Wirth)
2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
ALLIANCE+
Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance+

The ALLIANCE project has set up a full-fledged service offer (including a business plan) to support companies in developing new marine biotechnology products and services by systematically pooling the capabilities of more than 20 research institutes, innovation agencies and business parks in the Baltic Sea region into a network. ALLIANCE+ operationalises the business plan. The ALLIANCE network is opened up to all blue biotechnology actors. More experts are recruited and trained as “blue detectives”, i.e. mentors who match users to the facilities, services and experts they need to take their product idea to the next level. A training package and handbook for mentors is compiled.

2. Natural resources
2.4 Blue growth
Capacity4MSP
Strengthening the capacity of MSP stakeholders and decision makers

Shipping, aquaculture, nature conservation etc. compete for space at sea. Since the 2014 EU Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Directive, the countries around the Baltic Sea have been elaborating national maritime plans which help to make the right decisions for a sustainable use of the sea. Yet, the Baltic Sea needs coordinated management by all countries. In Capacity4MSP, partners of eleven transnational projects cooperate to advance MSP across the entire macro-region (Baltic Blue Growth/ InteGrid/ LINes/ RIM/ SCOPE, as well as Pan Baltic Scope, Land-Sea-Act, SeaPlanSpace, MUSES, BASMATI, BALTSPACE).