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EcoeFISHency is about delivering solutions to change the fundamental way a system works by changing the structure of its key feedback loops (systemic approach).
The system on the assumption, here, is the marine living resources industrial domain of the bio-blue economy, with its several economic, environmental, and social challenges which are now affecting the Fish and the Fishing industry.
Solutions for eco-efficient territorial distribution are created and gathered under a multilevel, replicable, circular, socio-economic, and sustainable cluster interconnecting blue/green economies.
And at the core of the cluster are six innovative, profitable, climate-neutral Circular Value Chains (CVCs) directing all the actions defined and oriented to the implementation of territorial systemic solutions and the ecosystem(s) preservation.
The drivers behind the need for a systemic approach within (bio) green and blue economies are several and multifaceted:
Main issues
- decreasing demand/supply outlook in the fish industry sector
- increasing plastic and ghost gear in marine litter
- increasing ghost fishing and by-catch
- sustainable solutions are needed to release anthropic pressure on the blue ecosystem
- employment stagnation at EU level in marine living resources industrial related domains
Changes to the status quo
- global fish production will reach 194 million tons by 2026
- fish production side streams will increase due to fish processing activities
- creation of a resource-efficient, decarbonized economy and jobs to sustain it are mandatory now
- more sustainable selective fishing practices are needed to avoid by-catch
- efficiency and sustainability of the blue and green economies systems enhancement is needed
- innovation in logistics, product/process design is needed to avoid plastic litter and microplastics
Opportunities
- efficient use of biomass feedstock can contribute to the EU industrial and economic growth
- efficient use of biomass feedstock can reduce GHG emissions
- efficient use of biomass feedstock can reduce fossil-based products resource dependency
- rising cost effectiveness of the fish industry side streams treatment for high-value applications
- innovative bio-mass pre-treatment and extraction tech available for fish processing side-streams
- innovative bioconversion tech available for sustainable use of fishing industry side-streams
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