Observatory

Regulation & Funding

EU and national regulation, and the funding and certification programmes available to the sector.

4 resources · Updated 2026-08-28

  1. National programme

    Mar2030

    Portugal · 2021–2027 period

    The national programme channelling European maritime funding in Portugal. It covers support for fisheries, aquaculture, processing and the blue economy, with calls opening across the programming period — the primary co-funding instrument for domestic operators.

    • Funding
    • Portugal
    • Calls
    Open at the official source

  2. European Commission

    EMFAF — European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund

    EU · 2021–2027 period

    The European fund behind the Common Fisheries Policy and the sustainable blue economy. It sets the eligibility rules that national programmes such as Mar2030 apply, and is where investment support priorities and ceilings are set out.

    • EU funding
    • Eligibility
    • CFP
    Open at the official source

  3. European Commission

    BlueInvest

    Investment platform · continuously updated

    The European Commission initiative connecting blue economy companies with private investors through investment-readiness support, matchmaking and a dedicated fund. Relevant for co-investment and for tracking the European pipeline.

    • Co-investment
    • Pipeline
    • EU
    Open at the official source

  4. Certification

    Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)

    International standard · aquaculture

    The responsible-aquaculture certification standard most often required by European retail. It sets auditable environmental and social requirements at farm level and is, in practice, a condition of access to several premium Northern European channels.

    • Certification
    • Market access
    Open at the official source

These third-party resources remain hosted on the responsible organisations’ official sites, where the most recent information is available.

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