The national Marine Sciences program brings together 7 autonomous communities (Andalusia, Cantabria, the Valencian Community, Galicia, the Region of Murcia, the Canary Islands, and the Balearic Islands) with a commitment to integrating and promoting all marine research in these regions and with the overall objective of creating a network of centers of excellence to cooperatively address challenges in marine research, aquaculture, new technologies, impacts on the marine environment, and the blue economy.
In this sense, through the program a research, innovation and transfer network will be developed that will allow the integration and development of three basic lines of action.
The ThinkInAzul Complementary Plan for R&D&I in marine sciences brings together seven autonomous communities (Andalusia, Cantabria, the Valencian Community, Galicia, the Region of Murcia, the Canary Islands, and the Balearic Islands) with the commitment to integrate and promote all marine research in these regions and with the general objective of creating a network of centers of excellence to cooperatively address challenges in marine research, sustainable aquaculture, new technologies, impacts on the marine environment, food sovereignty, climate change in Spain, and the blue economy.
In this regard, the program will develop a research, innovation, and transfer network that will integrate and develop three basic lines of action: Observation and monitoring of the marine and coastal environment; sustainable, smart, and precision aquaculture y blue economy, innovation and opportunities.
The ThinkInAzul of the Valencian Community (GVA-ThinkInAzul) is a consortium made up of 39 research groups that brings together more than 370 researchers from the CSIC, the University of Alicante, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the University of Valencia, the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, the Jaume I University and the Catholic University of Valencia.
On July 9, several members of the GVA-ThinkInAzul project participated in the Onda Cero program "Comunitat Valenciana en la Onda" to discuss marine research and sustainability. Participants included Lluis Gaspar Miret (UPV Gandía), Mª Victoria Vivancos (UPV), Carlos Valle Pérez (UPV), and
Aquaculture is no longer just a production issue: it's part of a sustainable future. Faced with climate change, environmental degradation, and changing consumer habits, the sector must transform. The plenary sessions of Aquaculture Europe 2025, to be held from 22 to 25 May,
The newspaper Información has published that Valencia will host the Aquaculture Europe 2025 Congress (AE2025), the most important event in the sector at European level, which will bring together more than 2.500 experts, companies and entities from 70 countries from September 22 to 25.
The information session held on June 6 in Madrid, organized by FECYT and MICIU, presented the 2025 Work Program for Research Infrastructures within Horizon Europe, with the aim of strengthening a European network of first-class and accessible infrastructures.
