Study in support of Impact Assessment work on Blue Biotechnology

This study was conducted in support of the development of potential Blue Biotechnology policy options for the EU and a possible impact assessment for marine or Blue Biotechnology as it can be termed in the context of furthering the aims of Blue Growth.

To this end, a review of the status of Blue Biotechnology within the EU has been conducted along with the construction of a database of stakeholders in Blue Biotechnology and a patent profiling across the field. Furthermore, a stakeholder workshop has been held in order to obtain direct inputs from articipants regarding opportunities and challenges of the sector. Additional views have been obtained from of the EU public consultation on the initiative.