With 16 partners across research, industry and policy, MeCCAM supports a more climate-resilient and sustainable fisheries sector. Learn more about them:
Country: Faroe Islands
Website: https://blueresource.fo/
Description: Sjókovin is a private, independent, not-for-profit research centre based in the Faroe Islands. Their vision is to foster sustainable development and innovation in fisheries and aquaculture. Their team offers strong expertise in socio-economic impact assessment, resource management, risk assessment, value chain and market analysis, and policy and governance analysis. Through active participation in international research projects, we collaborate closely with research and industry partners across Europe, facilitating knowledge exchange to and from the Faroe Islands.
Role in Project: Sjókovin is the project coordinator, responsible for the overall coordination and management of MeCCAM. In addition, Sjókovin contributes to the evaluation of the efficacy of MeCCAM mitigation and adaptation solutions and to the development of policy recommendations.
Contact person:
Unn Laksá
Country: Iceland
Website: https://matis.is/en/
Description: Matís supports value creation, public health and food safety in strong collaboration with a large group of partners, both from the public and private sectors, domestic and foreign. Through research projects, which are the largest part of our operations, we work on large and diverse challenges with our partners.
Role in Project: Matis leads MeCCAM’s work on assessing efficiency of the project solutions as well as the Iceland case study. Matis is also responsible for the exploitation strategy and intellectual property management throughout the project.
Contact person:
Jónas Viðarsson
Country: Iceland
Website: https://www.trackwell.com/
Description: Trackwell is a software company based in Iceland. Their fisheries resource management focuses on delivering real-time data insights and sustainable resource allocation.
Role in Project: Trackwell will develop and implement a mobile application for small-scale fisheries to improve catch registration and real-time adaptation to shifting species. Trackwell will also develop and implement a fishing strategy optimisation decision-support tool that integrates real-time data from fisheries.
Contact person:
Thorsteinn Agustsson
Country: Iceland
Website: https://www.brim.is/en
Description: Brim is one of the largest seafood companies in Iceland, and its role is to increase value creation in the fisheries sector in harmony with stakeholders, society and the environment. Thus, Brim creates value for employees, customers, shareholders and society as a whole by producing high-quality seafood. Brim plays a leading role when it comes to social responsibility and places great emphasis on environmental issues and innovation.
Role in Project: Brim are Involved in the Icelandic and Northeast Atlantic case study. Their work focuses on utilising emerging species, and to develop, test and validate the environmental impact software and fishing strategy optimisation.
Contact person:
Sveinn Margeirsson
Country: Norway
Website: Nofima – A leading institute for applied research within fisheries, aquaculture and food.
Description: The Norwegian food research institute Nofima provides research-based knowledge and innovations for actors in all parts of the food systems.
Role in Project: Nofima leads the work in developing, testing and implementing mitigation solutions in European fisheries. This includes specifying each case study’s mitigation requirements, and leading the work on validating and refining the project mitigation solutions.
Contact person:
Petter Olsen
Country: Norway
Website: https://en.uit.no/startsida
Description: UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, is a medium-sized research university that contributes to knowledge-based development at the regional, national, and international level. We are the northernmost university of the world, as we are in the Arctic at 69.7°N, and this implies a mission. The Arctic is of increasing global importance due to change in climate and geopolitics. The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, one of our departments, provides relevant, complete, and innovative knowledge for the development of the marine sector and high-level, interdisciplinary research and education. Here the focus is on addressing challenges related to sustainable utilisation of marine resources, mainly fisheries and aquaculture.
Role in Project: UiT leads the work on policy recommendations and training modules on climate adaption and mitigation in European fisheries. UiT will also provide input on Innovative fishing gear recommendations.
Contact person:
Michaela Aschan
Country: Spain
Website: https://www.iim.csic.es/
Description:The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is a Spanish state agency dedicated to scientific and technological research and development. It is the largest public research institution in Spain and a prominent organization within the European Research Area. The CSIC’s primary mission is to generate knowledge through scientific and technical research, transfer research results, provide expert advice, offer training, promote scientific culture, manage research facilities, represent Spain in international bodies, and conduct targeted research.
Role in Project: CSIC leads the work on developing, testing and implementing climate change adaption solutions. CSIC is also responsible for case study 3 – Bay of Biscay.
Contact person:
Luis Taboada Antelo
Country: Denmark
Website: https://www.ices.dk
Description: The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is an intergovernmental marine science organisation, meeting societal needs for impartial evidence on the state and sustainable use of our seas and oceans. Their goal is to advance and share scientific understanding of marine ecosystems and the services they provide and to use this knowledge to generate state-of-the-art advice for meeting conservation, management, and sustainability goals.
Role in Project: ICES leads the work on training and stakeholder outreach, and will organise the high-level co-creation events.
Contact person:
Henn Ojaveer
Country: Germany
Website: https://submariner-network.eu
Description: The SUBMARINER Network is a unique platform that brings actors from the whole Baltic Sea Region together to actively promote innovative and sustainable uses of marine resources. It operates across the whole knowledge triangle – research, education, and innovation – integrating perspectives from a local to an international scale, different scientific disciplines as well as policy and economic stakeholders.
Role in Project: SUBMARINER is responsible for leading the communication and dissemination activities including stakeholder engagement and co-creation events on local case study level.
Contact person:
Annika Steele
Country: Cyprus
Website: http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/dfmr/dfmr.nsf
Description: The Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (DFMR), under the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus, focuses on the integrated scientific management of fisheries, aquaculture, and marine ecosystems. Core activities include marine environmental monitoring, turtle and monk seal conservation, Posidonia habitat protection, fish stock assessments, and aquaculture innovation.
Role in Project: DMFRI leads Case Study 5 – Cyprus and collaborates on Case Study 6 – Greece.
Contact person:
Ioannis Thasitis
Country: Faroe Islands
Website: https://www.hav.fo/
Description: The Faroese Marine Research Institute conducts research on the Faroese marine environment and its living resources. It works towards sustainable management of fish stocks and ecosystems, including stock assessments of Faroese demersal stocks and the large pelagic fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic.
Role in Project: Havstovan is involved in identifying the impact of climate change on the large pelagic fish stocks in the Northeast and the case study specifications for Case Study 1 – Northeast Atlantic.
Contact person:
Jan Arge Jacobsen
Country: United Kingdom
Website: https://www.hw.ac.uk/research-enterprise/global/sustaining-our-earth-and-oceans/the-lyell-centre
Description: The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences and Technology, one of four global research institutes at Heriot-Watt University, brings together expertise in Earth and marine sciences with cutting-edge technologies to address global challenges confronting the planet, nature and people. As a leading centre in these fields, we strengthen Scotland’s research base and contribute to its innovation strategy through socially and industrially relevant research.
Role in Project:The Lyell Centre leads the work on identifying the impact of climate change on European fish stocks and are responsible for Case Study 2 – North Sea.
Contact person:
Paul Fernandes
Country: United Kingdom
Website: Marine Directorate – gov.scot
Description: The Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate is a directorate of the Scottish Government responsible for managing Scotland’s seas and freshwater fisheries along with delivery partners NatureScot and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. The Marine Directorate plays an integral part in supporting the Scottish Government’s vision of marine and coastal environments that are clean, healthy, safe, productive, biologically diverse and are managed to meet the long-term needs of both nature and people.
Role in Project: The Marime Directorate are involved in the work on identifying the impact on climate change on fisheries in the North Sea and Northeast Atlantic, as well as Case Study 1 – Northeast Atlantic and Case Study 2 – North Sea.
Contact person:
Campbell Pert
Country: Iceland
Website: https://stikasolutions.is/
Description: Stika Solutions provides software for enterprise risk management and ESG data, enabling data-driven decision-making and sustainability reporting aligned with ESRS, while giving organisations clear oversight of risks and opportunities across their operations.
Role in Project: Stika will develop and implement an environmental impact management software in at least three companies in Case Study 1 – Northeast Atlantic, Case Study 3 Bay of Biscay and Case Study 4 Iceland.
Contact person:
Elma Sif Einarsdóttir
Country: Faroe Islands
Website: https://vardin.fo/en/
Description: Vardin is a pelagic fishing company that operates in the Faroe Islands with its own fleet and processing factories. It is the largest Faroese fishing company.
Role in Project: Vardin will be involved in testing the fishing strategy optimisation Decision-Support-Tool, optimising fishing gear, and promoting sustainbly caught fish for consumption.
Contact person:
Tórheðin Jensen
Country: Greece
Website: www.aua.gr
Description: The Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) offers high-level undergraduate and postgraduate Education and Research in Agricultural Science, and its vision is to achieve Educational and Research Excellence so as to occupy a dynamic position in the international academic environment. True to its traditional role of responding to the productive and developmental needs of the Greek economy and society, the AUA intervenes and develops in line with the development and orientation of modern education and science. Moreover, it is in continuous contact with society so as to make proposals and provide solutions to problems that arise within the agri-nutrition sector.
Role in Project: As Case Study 6 (Greece) lead, AUA tackles climate challenges in small-scale fisheries by addressing invasive species like the silver-cheeked toadfish and improving supply chains. It maps networks, promotes edible non-indigenous species, explores circular uses, and works to enhance fisheries in Greece, Cyprus, and Iceland through efficiency, resilience, and circular economy principles.
Contact person:
Angelos Liontakis