Sustainable Uses of Baltic Marine Resources (SUBMARINER)

The Baltic Sea Region faces enormous challenges including growing transport, new installations, fishery declines, severe marine pollution with excessive nutrient input and the effects of climate change. But the future is not all bleak: novel technologies and growing knowledge provide opportunities for new uses of marine ecosystems, which may not only have commercial appeal, but also contribute to solve environmental problems. Algae and mussel cultivation reduce nutrient inflow while providing a source for bioenergy; offshore wind farms can smartly be combined with mariculture or wave energy installations. Submariner builds the road for furthering those environmentally friendly as well as economically appealing innovative uses within the BSR, thus contributing toward its aim to become a model region for sustainable sea management. The Submariner compendium, published in October 2012, provides an overview on the current state of art and future perspectives for applying each of these marine uses in the Baltic Sea region.