PHAROS

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What Is Aquaculture Co-location?
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Aquaculture co-location shares ocean space between multiple species or industries for efficiency. See how PHAROS tests this in Ireland and Spain. read more
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What Is the Atlantic Action Plan 2.0?
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The Atlantic Action Plan 2.0 is the EU’s strategy for a sustainable blue economy. Learn its four pillars and PHAROS’s role in delivering it. read more
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What Is Open-Schooling?
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Open-schooling connects classrooms to real communities and scientists. Discover how PHAROS uses this model to build ocean literacy in 2026. read more
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What Is a Marine Forest?
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A marine forest is an underwater kelp or algae ecosystem vital for biodiversity and carbon capture. See how PHAROS is rebuilding one off Gran Canaria. read more
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What Is an Oligotrophic Desert?
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An oligotrophic desert is a marine environment so low in nutrients that it cannot sustain much plant or animal life, essentially the ocean equivalent of a desert on land. The term comes from “oligotrophic,” meaning nutrient-poor, and scientists apply it…

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What Is the Blue Economy?
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The blue economy links ocean health to jobs and growth. Discover how the EU and PHAROS are making maritime industries sustainable in 2026. read more
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What Are Living Labs?
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Living Labs bring citizens, scientists and industry together to co-create real-world solutions for ocean restoration across Europe’s Atlantic and Arctic coasts. read more
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What Are Nature-Based Solutions?
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are actions that protect, manage, or restore ecosystems to tackle problems like climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. read more
PHAROS Roundtable Pushes Permitting Debate Forward for Blue Economy Projects
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PHAROS roundtable explores permitting barriers for blue economy projects and key solutions to speed up innovation. read more
How Deltares Is Helping PHAROS Bring Science to the Sea
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Read more about Deltares.nl and how the consortium partner helps bring science to the sea with PHAROS. read more
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