Highlights

• improving bio-utilisation of marine algae as sustainable feed ingredients to increase efficiency and quality of aquaculture production

• genetic diversity exploitation for innovative macro-algal biorefinery

• nutritious, safe and sustainable seafood for consumers of tomorrow

• fatty acid incorporation and modification in cyanobacterial natural products

• emergent marine toxins in the north atlantic and mediterranean: new approaches to assess their occurrence and future scenarios in the framework of global environmental changes

• deep-sea sponge grounds ecosystems of the north atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation

• mobilizing scientific and technological knowledge in response to the challenges of the agri-food market

• promote concerted and sustainable management of eel in sudoe area

• new opportunities for more competitive and sustainable blue growth in atlantic area

• transboundary marine biotechnology laboratory

• pollutants of emerging concern in watersheds from galicia-northern portugal: new tools to risk management

• cyanotoxins in irrigation waters: surveillance, risk assessment, and innovative remediation proposals

• integrated on-farm aquaponics systems for co-production of fish, halophyte vegetables, bioactive compounds, and bioenergy