European ocean research and innovation strategy

EMBRC ERIC welcomes the decision to develop a single European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy, reflecting a genuine source-to-sea approach that recognises the interconnected nature of marine and freshwater systems.

The Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy as a key pillar of the European Ocean Pact. At a time when marine and coastal ecosystems are increasingly affected by climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and competing maritime uses, the Strategy represents a unique opportunity to establish a…

JPI Oceans, via its Internal Advisory Committee, welcomes the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy as a key contribution to achieving the objectives of the European Ocean Pact. The Strategy should build on existing European cooperation structures and ensure that scientific knowledge is effectively translated into policy, innovation and societal impact.

Based on the recommendations in the Implementation Plan of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Version 2.0, July 2021), the Southern Ocean community engaged in a stakeholder- oriented process to develop the Southern Ocean Action Plan.

Complementing OceanEye through transformative ocean science. The Ocean Sustainability Foundation welcomes OceanEye as an indispensable European capacity for observing, modelling and predicting the ocean. We propose to complement it, not replace it, through an "Ocean EyeS" approach.

DTU Aqua welcomes the development of the new Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy and is pleased to provide the following recommendations as Denmark's largest marine research institution and a long-standing contributor to European marine research, ocean observation, scientific advice, innovation, science programming, and education in both European and Arctic waters.

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), France's leading technology university, through its Interdisciplinary Centre for the Seas and Oceans (CIMO) established in partnership with Ifremer, and as a founding member of the EuroTech University Alliance, fully supports the European Commissions initiative to develop a coherent Ocean Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategy (ORIS).

Calcarea appreciates the opportunity to give feedback on the "European ocean research and innovation strategy". We have specific recommendations for inclusion in the strategy, which should benefit Europe's actions on climate, economic growth, and environmental protection. Please see attached for our feedback. Thank you.

The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) welcomes the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy as a cross-cutting pillar of the European Ocean Pact and a decisive opportunity to close Europes ocean-knowledge gap, counter fragmentation of the R&I landscape and sustain competitiveness across the full ocean-science value chain.

The Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway welcomes the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy which is a well developed framework that provides a fit for purpose approach for Europes marine research integrating the somehow fracmented marine research landscape.

This feedback is provided on behalf of the work done under the VALORISH project, that demonstrates the transformation of underutilised fish side-streams, specifically residues from hake, surimi, and shrimp processing, into high-value bioproducts. It is currently advancing the "Green Valorisation Cascade Approach" to a Technology Readiness Level of TRL 5.

ArcSolution leaders and key contributors would like to highlight the following elements relevant to the upcoming European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy: A. The Arctic is key for European oceans policy and research efforts. The Arctic Ocean, its adjacent seas and coastal areas need to remain a priority for EU-driven ocean research.

The Horizon Europe eDNAqua-Plan project (101112800, 09/202308/2026) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. eDNAqua-Plan has developed a Technical Blueprint and Roadmap to support the wider use of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods for aquatic biodiversity monitoring by addressing fragmentation in data, tools, and frameworks.

METU-IMS supports the Strategy and its source-to-sea framing, and welcomes resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy as guiding objectives. Three general remarks frame our propositions. First, while reducing fragmentation we must not reduce the diverse nature of instruments and programmes. Different instruments create different kinds of knowledge.

Carbon to Sea (CTS) is the largest non-commercial initiative evaluating if and how marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) could be part of the global response to climate change. We focus on accelerating the evaluation of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), which, in the view of leading scientists, offers high potential for safety, efficacy, and scale.

The Malta Sociological Association (MSA) notes the European Commission's initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy and recognises its importance in supporting sustainable, resilient and evidence-informed ocean governance.

BioGeoSea welcomes the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy as an important component of the European Ocean Pact. We strongly support its integrated vision and encourage the European Commission to implement the strategy through a holistic source-to-sea approach, recognising the close interconnections between the cryosphere, rivers and other inland waters, estuaries, coastal seas and the…

We are a coastal geomorphology group at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, working on shoreline change, sediment dynamics, sea-level reconstruction, coastal hazards and nature-based solutions. Our detailed contribution is attached. European ocean research and innovation is well instrumented offshore and increasingly well instrumented for marine ecology.

The AMRIT consortium welcomes the initiative for an European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy as a key component of the European Ocean Pact, particularly for the objectives of OceanEye. This initiative provides an opportunity to strengthen the approach being developed by AMRIT to promote the integration of European Marine Research Infrastructures (MRIs), with a view to align them better with European maritime…

INESC TEC welcomes the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy to strengthen EU capacity to understand, protect and sustainably use the Ocean linking science, observation, innovation and market uptake. Europe should reduce policy fragmentation by improving coordination among EU, national, and regional R&I programmes, sea-basin initiatives, research infrastructures, industry, and public authorities.

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. ICES is an intergovernmental marine science organization that brings together scientists from across national borders to generate knowledge, manage marine data, and provide independent scientific advice for the sustainable use of the ocean.

The goal of our contribution is to integrate territorial cohesion among the objectives of the Strategy, building an integrated funding pipeline from research to the demonstration and implementation of solutions at different territorial scales, strengthening the complementarities between Horizon Europe, the Oceans Mission, European Partnerships, Cohesion Policy, and Interreg.

The strategy will build on the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and, inter alia, its mission to restore our ocean and waters by 2030. Its objectives are: improve the current governance of research and innovation by overcoming the fragmentation of research infrastructures and initiatives; adopt a source-to-sea approach to address pollution and resource management issues.

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The One Water Alliance welcomes the Commission's initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy, submitted alongside our response to the linked Water Resilience consultation. We are a network of over 140 member organisations across 28 countries, spanning the freshwater, marine and maritime domains, and our position, summarised below, treats the two strategies as a single, source-to-sea…

Europêche welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence of the European Ocean research and innovation strategy which was announced under the European Ocean Pact. A coherent and long-term research and innovation framework is essential to improve ocean governance, support sustainable fisheries management, strengthen Europe's blue economy and enhance the resilience of coastal and island communities.

EMODnet welcomes the development of an integrated European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategy. Successful implementation of a source-to-sea approach requires a public, comprehensive, diverse and interoperable marine and freshwater knowledge base. This should build on existing capability.

The Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins (CNPMEM) is a professional organisation entrusted with public service tasks in the management of fishery resources and marine ecosystems. It represents all maritime fishing and marine farming professionals in hexagonal France and overseas territories and contributes to the development and implementation of public maritime, fisheries and environmental…

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Politecnico di Torino welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop an integrated European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy. From the perspective of marine renewable energy and offshore testing infrastructures, the contribution identifies six priorities to reduce fragmentation, strengthen implementation capacity and accelerate the transition from research to industrial deployment.

The Ocean Cleanup welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. We recognise the importance of a coordinated, science-based and innovation-driven approach to addressing the growing pressures facing the ocean, while strengthening Europe's global leadership in ocean research, innovation and sustainable ocean governance.

AWI recommends that the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy become the R&I backbone of EU ocean policy and an implementation bridge between the European Ocean Pact, the forthcoming Ocean Act, the UN Decade of Ocean Science and SDGs 13 and 14.

The Ocean Research & Innovation (R&I) Strategy is an opportunity to build on strengths and address the challenges limiting the full potential of the EU ocean research and innovation ecosystem. To achieve this, the Strategy should recognise the strategic role of the nine EU Outermost Regions (ORs), frontiers of Europe, frontiers of knowledge, as essential partners for its successful implementation.

We support a strategy that builds R&D&I on existing knowledge that is shared, accessible and quality assured, avoiding duplication and not-invented-here approaches. It should strengthen established excellence, leverage European industrial capabilities, address security and critical infrastructure protection, and promote strong cooperation with key partners such as Norway and the UK.

The European Aquaculture Technology & Innovation Platform (EATiP) is pleased to comment on a Call for Evidence on the European Ocean Research & Innovation Strategy (ORIS). Recognised as the Technology & Innovation Platform for European aquaculture research and innovation, EATiP is a not for profit, quadruple helix, platform and through national & regional Mirror Platforms, has an organisational reach of some 850…

Coldiretti Pesca welcomes the European Commission’s intention to integrate the Ocean Strategy with the Water Resilience Strategy. For Italian fishermen and fish farmers, the health of the sea is closely dependent on the management of inland rivers and river basins.

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Deloitte España’s Circular Economy Team welcomes the development of the future European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy and sees it as an opportunity to put circularity at the heart of protecting marine ecosystems and developing a competitive blue economy.

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SUBMARINER Network connects public authorities, research, business and civil society across the Baltic and North Sea region and beyond. Drawing on our experience in Mission Ocean implementation, the blue bioeconomy, maritime spatial planning, marine protection and restoration, multi-use and innovation deployment, we propose the following priorities.

EIT Water welcomes the European Commission's initiatives to develop a Water Resilience Research and Innovation Strategy and a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. We particularly welcome the Commission's intention to bring the two agendas together in a single integrated Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy.

The Helmholtz Research Field Earth and Environment welcomes the development of an integrated European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy (the Strategy) and is pleased to contribute its expertise in identifying future research priorities. The Strategy rightly recognises that neither ocean nor freshwater systems can be addressed in isolation.

Seas At Risk's response to the European ocean research and innovation strategy consultation, 31 July 2026 Seas At Risk (SAR) welcomes the opportunity to input to the call for evidence on the development of an ocean research and innovation strategy.

The EU Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy aims to represent an ambitious attempt to reconcile economic growth, environmental sustainability and scientific leadership. However, despite its merits, the strategy is considered to have some weaknesses. Uneven distribution The strategy sets very broad objectives.

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The institutional position of the Ocean Forum, based on collecting input from its 186 stakeholders on the future European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy, advocates a more impact-oriented European approach, sustainable industrialisation and value creation in the blue economy based on an investment day carried out in integrated innovation ecosystems focused on the entry into production and market adoption of…

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Utrecht University (UU) welcomes the ORIS and we offer our expertise in the following main themes: Ocean change: The impact of climate change on the ocean and resulting risks for humanity, investigate ocean-based solutions to climate change Ocean health: Marine anthropogenic impacts; protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity; Ocean law & governance: (inter-)national legal frameworks to contribute to the…

Waterise welcomes the opportunity, through the attached file, to respond to the European Commissions call for evidence on the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. An ambitious and transformative research and innovation framework, which respects the values of the European Ocean Pact and recognises the wealth of sustainable, market-ready and European technologies on the market, is essential to achieve true…

IEO-CSIC welcomes this initiative as a fundamental and cross-cutting element of the European Ocean Pact, this strategy should serve to: Maintain a strong fundamental and multidisciplinary research base integrating physical, chemical, biogeochemical, geological, biological, ecological and socio-economic processes, from the land-ocean-atmosphere continuum to deep waters.

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The OceanTechnologies@Fraunhofer network welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategy. As one of Europe's leading networks for applied research in marine and underwater technologies, the network strongly supports Europes ambition to strengthen global leadership in ocean research, technology and innovation.

Statement We consider the OceanEye initiative to be both highly relevant and timely, particularly in the current context of increasing societal and environmental demands for robust ocean observation capabilities across Europe. We strongly support the initiative's objective of improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of ocean observing activities.

Mercator Ocean International welcomes the upcoming Ocean Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategy (ORIS), recognising its potential to increase the coordination of the ocean R&I landscape, while ensuring a coherent and structured programming.

The Marine Institute (MI) welcomes the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy (ORIS) which will play a key role in unlocking the full potential of our oceans for the blue economy, for our citizens, for our security and for ocean health.

Shoms (the French Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service) is both a research-focused and an operational public organisation whose mission is to understand, describe and forecast the physical marine environment in interaction with the atmosphere, the seabed and coastal areas.

The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop a joint EU Ocean and Water Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategy. This Strategy offers a timely opportunity to build on the achievements of the Mission Ocean and Waters and other flagship initiatives while creating a coherent framework that strengthens Europe's competitiveness, restores ocean and water…

The North Sea University Partnership (NSUP) welcomes the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy as an important step in delivering the ambitions of the European Ocean Pact. The North Sea is a strategic crossroads for energy, sustainability, culture and security in Europe. It is not only an energy and resource hub but also a laboratory for sustainable innovation and ecosystem conservation.

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) explores the global ocean from the seafloor to the atmosphere to understand the ocean system and enable the development of sustainable solutions for pressing societal issues. We gladly take the opportunity to help shape a joint European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy.

MARBLE is a Centre of Excellence for maritime robotics based in Croatia, part of a still-developing European ocean R&I ecosystem. From where we sit, five things matter most for this Strategy: 1. Closing the ocean knowledge gap that still limits evidence-based decision-making. 2. Connecting testing infrastructure across Member States to shorten the path from lab to market. 3.

Understanding of the ocean system The upcoming strategy shall enhance our knowledge of the linkages between marginal seas and nearshore areas, which often serve as a cradle of life supporting crucial functions and ecosystem services of offshore areas.

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy under the European Ocean Pact. CSIC supports the Strategys objective of strengthening Europes leadership in marine science, improving knowledge of ocean systems, promoting sustainable blue economy solutions, enhancing international cooperation, and fostering the…

Maritime CleanTech welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the future European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy. Maritime CleanTech is a membership organisation and leading innovation cluster with 150 partners across the maritime value chain, working to turn European climate and industrial ambitions into implementable clean maritime solutions.

According to the IPCC, achieving climate goals will require 400-800MtCO of removals annually by 2050. Marine CDR (mCDR) is a good complement to land-based methods because it can help reduce land-use conflicts and lessen dependence on limited geological CO2 storage. This means large-scale mCDR could be decisive for keeping 1.5 °C within reach and a critical pillar of the EU's carbon removal strategy.

EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) welcome the development of a European Ocean R&I Strategy and support its ambition to strengthen Europe's ocean knowledge base and its capacity to address major societal challenges. Marine geoscience is a fundamental component of this strategy, providing the knowledge and evidence needed to support the sustainable management of Europe's seas and coasts.

GÉANT supports the proposal for a combined EU Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy. Specifically, we hope to see the Strategy acknowledge digital research infrastructure as a vital enabler of Europes strategic priorities and, in line with a revised MSPD, create a legal basis for ocean observation governance.

The ORIS is an opportunity to build a European integrated scientific system to monitor and reduce the knowledge gaps on marine and coastal processes, translate knowledge into action by creating synergies across the European ocean research infrastructure, including research organizations, funding agencies, science ministries and the private sector.

The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy (EIALP) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Call for Evidence on the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. EIALP is a think-and-do-tank whose mission is to improve the treatment of animals in EU law and policy.

The University of Bergen (UiB) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. As a research-intensive university with internationally recognised strengths in marine and ocean sciences, and as the UN Academic Impact Hub for SDG 14 Life Below Water, UiB emphasises the critical role of research and innovation in supporting science-based policies and…

UiT The Arctic University of Norway welcomes the ORIS initiative. Find main points below, and full text in the attachments. The Arctic Ocean is central to Europes ocean, climate, and economic systems. Rapid environmental change affects European weather, sealevel rise, ecosystems, and blueeconomy sectors. The Arctic covers an area twice the size of Europe.

Spain supports the development of the future European Strategy for Research and Innovation (R & I) on the Ocean, as part of the European Ocean Pact and complementary to the OceanEye initiative. Considers it a priority to strengthen the scientific basis underpinning fisheries management and the conservation of marine resources, given the weight of its fishing fleet in the European Union.

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The European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy should recognise advanced mathematical modelling as a core enabling technology for ocean science. Mathematics provides the theoretical foundation for understanding and predicting ocean waves, currents, storm surges and tsunamis through the integration of physical models, uncertainty quantification, data assimilation, high-performance computing and artificial…

As the Dutch independent applied research institute on water and subsurface, Deltares welcomes a European Ocean R&I Strategy as a key cross-cutting initiative of the Ocean Pact. Considering the challenges the oceans are facing with respect to the worsening triple planetary crisis of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change and the continued exceedance of planetary boundaries we recommend for the following…

The European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy provides an important opportunity to strengthen Europe's capacity to understand, observe and respond to changes affecting the ocean and the wider Earth system.

In September 2025 the Mission Ocean and Waters conference under the Danish EU presidency, provided stakeholders from across Europe with the opportunity to take stock of the Mission Ocean & Waters achievements, and provide a bottom-up community guidance and ideas for the implementation phase.

The Faculty of Science at the University of Southern Denmark welcomes the development of a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. The strategy addresses an increasingly fragmented European ocean R&I landscape and recognises the need for stronger coordination across sectors, and funding instruments and represents an important opportunity to strengthen European scientific excellence, improve ocean…

The European Marine Board (EMB) welcomes the merging of the Ocean and Water Resilience Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategies as a clear sign of the Commissions commitment to a source-to-sea approach for managing our Ocean and waters. However, it will not be possible to deliver the aims of the Strategy without appropriate funding. At present, plans for the next MFF do not mention the Ocean explicitly.

The EOOS Steering Group welcomes the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy as a key component of the European Ocean Pact and an important contribution to the objectives of OceanEye. The Strategy provides a timely opportunity to strengthen Europe's ocean observing system and its capacity to deliver the knowledge, evidence, and innovation needed to support science, policy, society, and a…

SaveOCEAN AS, Norway warmly welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a coordinated European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. Its system approach, source-to-sea perspective, stronger observation capacity, cross-border cooperation and support from research through deployment are timely and necessary.

Livestock carriers: an overlooked source of marine pollution Animal Welfare Foundation and Tierschutzbund Zürich urge the European Commission to include pollution from livestock carriers as a priority in the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. This poorly monitored sector combines ship pollution with large quantities of animal-derived waste.

Livestock carriers: an overlooked source of marine pollution Animal Welfare Foundation and Tierschutzbund Zürich urge the European Commission to include pollution from livestock carriers as a priority in the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. This poorly monitored sector combines ship pollution with large quantities of animal-derived waste.

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is Europe's leading research-performing organisation, recognised for its excellence in fundamental and applied research and for its contribution to advancing scientific knowledge and innovation across all disciplines.

The future European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy should explicitly recognise marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) as a relevant area for research, ocean observation, monitoring and governance development. Several mCDR approaches still involve substantial scientific uncertainties, including with regard to effectiveness, durability, environmental interactions and scalability.

Our experience with LIFE OASIS has shown that successful marine innovation requires more than developing prototypes. It starts with collaboration between scientists, fishers, public authorities and local communities from the earliest stages of the innovation process.

Dear European Commission experts, Please find attached the Blue Cluster contribution to the European Ocean and Water Research & Innovation Strategy. This contribution builds on the recommendations previously submitted by Blue Cluster in the context of the European Ocean Pact and the European Ocean Act.

This consultation touches four policy areas that NDFG is already engaged in: **maritime affairs, fisheries, environment, and research & innovation**. That means your response should position fishermen as contributors to solutions, not simply stakeholders affected by policy.

**Feedback on the Call for Evidence European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy** The North Donegal Fishermen's Group (NDFG) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy.

Disclaimer: the contribution is based also on inputs by the national mirror group of the European Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, coordinated by MUR 1. Integrating governance and overcoming fragmentation The elements of the ocean R&I landscape are largely in place: Europe has a rich ecosystem of initiatives, partnerships, research infrastructures and sea-basin networks, and the challenge is coordination, not a…

Ifremer welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop an Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy (ORIS) as a key implementation instrument of the European Ocean Pact. ORIS should strengthen Europe's capacity to generate, integrate, and deploy ocean knowledge in support of climate resilience, biodiversity protection, food security, competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.

EuroGOOS welcomes the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy (ORIS) as a key component of the European Ocean Pact and a framework to strengthen Europe's scientific excellence, technological leadership, and evidence-based ocean governance.

Towards coherence for sustainable ocean planning and management. This contribution is provided on behalf of the EU Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP). Do refer to the attachment for further references and explanations.

Ocean health and aquatic animal welfare are connected, but they are not interchangeable. Research measuring biodiversity, stock status or ecosystem condition does not necessarily capture the welfare of individual animals. The Strategy should recognise aquatic animal welfare as a distinct research objective and measurable outcome.

EFFOP welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy and supports its overall objectives of strengthening Europe's leadership in ocean science, innovation, sustainability and competitiveness.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) believes the European Ocean Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategy presents an important opportunity to align Europes world-leading ocean science capabilities with the practical governance, investment and implementation challenges required to achieve a sustainable, resilient and productive ocean.

We welcome the development of a European strategy for ocean research and innovation. The strategy should ensure that research produces practical, accessible and timely benefits for marine biodiversity, coastal communities, public safety and evidence-based decision-making. Ocean research in Europe remains fragmented across institutions, countries, programmes and data platforms.

OceanWell supports the European Ocean Research and Development Strategy and highlights its deep-sea reverse osmosis technology as an innovative, energy-efficient solution to strengthen Europe's water security and blue economy. It also calls for the European Ocean Act to recognize EU Offshore Deep-Sea Water as a strategic deep-tech sector.

The European Water Association (EWA) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy and strongly supports the intention to integrate this work with the Water Resilience Research and Innovation Strategy into a single, coherent Ocean and Water R&I Strategy.

The initiative aims to achieve a European leadership, provide reliable goods and services, reduce administrative burden and foster a competitive market for all ocean-related science and technology. Strengthening cross-border cooperation and transparency will be important for improving the quality, accessibility and usability of ocean-related data, ultimately enabling more effective and informed decisions.

I am submitting this feedback on behalf of the North Donegal Fishermen's Group, which represents small-scale inshore fishermen operating along Ireland's north-west coast. The proposed simplification of the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) and the transposition of the WTO Agreement present an opportunity to strengthen support for sustainable coastal communities and Europe's seafood sector.

VITO Kennispunt Water welcomes the development of the EU Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy and is pleased to contribute its experience in supporting systemic water innovation. In the attached contribution, we propose a practical approach for making source-to-sea operational.

GENERAL The Region of Southwest Finland supports combining the EU Ocean and Water resilience R&I Strategies in line with the source-to-sea approach. Many of the current pressures affecting marine ecosystems originate from land-based activities, and therefore the entire water system from catchments to coastal waters and seas should be addressed as an interconnected whole.

Contribution from the POLARIN project to the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy POLARIN welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy.

Without the polar regions, Europe cannot fully understand, predict or govern the ocean. The Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy should therefore recognise the polar regions as a strategic pillar that delivers the knowledge, infrastructure, innovation and international cooperation needed for effective ocean governance.

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute welcomes a new water resilience research and innovation RI strategy. Operational oceanography now has a maturity level approaching that of operational weather forecasting. Some challenges remain, however, that could be addressed in the new strategy.

The Association of Affected by the Coastal Law in Dénia asks the European Commission to: 1. The future European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy should explicitly incorporate near-shore sediment connectivity and reservoir sediment management as a priority line of research, with corresponding funding. 2.

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The Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) welcomes a European Ocean R&I Strategy as a key implementation tool for the Ocean Pact. NERSC has been instrumental in developing European R&I in operational oceanography research and in operating marine services over the last decades.

A university located in Cartagena, surrounded by blue economy activities tourism, environment, academia, heritage, Navy, fisheries, shipyards, aquaculture, and marine transport working to promote a university more focused on the sea and ‘blue’ in its identity.

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Aarhus University (Denmark) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. We believe the Strategy should move beyond coordination towards long-term, strategic investment in research and innovation that strengthens Europe's resilience, competitiveness, and evidence-based policymaking.

Please find attached ANFACO-CYTMAs full contribution to the call for evidence on the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. ANFACO-CYTMA welcomes this initiative and supports an ambitious Strategy that strengthens scientific excellence while accelerating technology transfer, industrial deployment, market uptake and competitiveness.

I am a single person born in England and now living in Switzerland. I have no vote anywhere I do not identify as British but European. Please stop all destruction of all environments especially by commercial, military, leisure and extractive interests now. Give me some hope that I am not witnessing the end of life on earth.

From an applied perspective, embracing full data interoperability and maximising the use of Artificial Intelligence to model phenomena from source to sea are no longer mere technical aspirations, but preconditions for smart regulation.

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The ocean can provide us with healthy food and make us less dependant from imports of aquatic products. Unfortunately our oceans are Polluted. It is important to halt the pollution. This must be our first point of concern and research. Secondly, we must restore the biodiversity. The latest can be done in collaboration with restorative and regenerative aquaculture.

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EU Funds, steering Europe's ocean strategy toward advanced technologies and identifying AI needs for ocean R&I is critical. But deploying autonomous marine systems and AI-driven sensor networks comes with a massive, unaddressed liability.

To the European Commission, We write with respect and humility, not to critique the Union's exemplary ocean governance framework, but to offer a quiet, complementary perspective on a dimension that may quietly deserve attention: the causal auditability of maritime decisions. Ocean governance confronts a distinctive difficulty.

Norwegian Coastal Shipowners welcomes the Commissions initiative to develop a European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. A coordinated European approach is important for ocean health, sustainable blue growth, maritime safety, competitiveness and security. Norwegian Coastal Shipowners represents companies operating along the Norwegian coast and in European waters.

The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) welcomes the preparation of the European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy. A key priority for future European research and innovation should be the transition from sector-based approaches towards an integrated source-to-sea perspective. Oceans, coastal waters, inland waters, agriculture, forestry and land use form one interconnected socio-ecological system.

Suboptimal support along the investment journey The EU possesses substantial scientific and technical expertise in the blue economy, and entrepreneurial appetite for developing climate-related ventures is strong. Capital earmarked for sustainable investment exists across both public and private sources. Yet a persistent gap remains: available capital is not reaching the ventures that need it.

Egyptian Mediterranean fisheries exemplify the interconnected challenges of overfishing, climate change, and governance gaps that the EU Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy aims to address. My scientific contributions demonstrate that data-limited assessment methods, capacity building, and electronic monitoring can provide cost-effective solutions applicable across the Mediterranean region.

SentiOcéan Sentinelle Blue Ocean is a USV maritime environmental monitoring solution that sustainably protects restored lagoon sites through continuous monitoring, early threat detection, and direct support for ecological restoration. Problem to be solved Restored lagoon sites remain vulnerable after rehabilitation operations.

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The proposed European Strategy for Research and Innovation on Oceans and Waters is a timely initiative that should strengthen coordination across research, industry, and regional authorities to accelerate the sustainable use of Europe's marine resources.

Feedback Topic: Strengthening Structural Resilience, Digital Twins, and Infrastructure Safety in the European Ocean R&I Strategy As a researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico and CENTEC at the University of Lisbon, I strongly welcome this timely Initiative for an integrated European Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy.

The Ocean Research support programmes are by far too scattered and intransparent. Even if participating in a Mission Ocean project there are other suporting actions I have never heard of. Every unit is working in its own silo and there is no simply accessible overview available if you want to know about support measures on ocean research.