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Supported by the EEA and Norway Grants, Wave Diving & Fishing are embarking on an innovative project in Romania. This project is a response to the growing demand for seafood and shellfish products in the country, particularly rapana and mussels. It aims to bridge the gap in the local market for shellfish products, which is currently reliant on imports from Bulgaria. The project focuses on environmentally friendly processing of Black Sea wild shellfish species, with a short-term objective of supplying fresh and frozen shellfish products to the Eforie-Costinesti-Olimp coastal region and nearby resorts.
Project goal is to increase in a sustainable way the competitiveness of Wave Diving & Fishing in the blue economy sector in Romania. This will be done by developing, implementing and investing in an innovative and green processing facility as well as local products distribution of wild marine resources (shellfish). The project is expected to cover the demand gap for shellfish products at local level (Black Sea coastline in the Eforie-Costinesti-Olimp and nearby resorts), based on a greener industrial process of Black Sea wild shellfish species - rapana (rapana venosa) and mussels (mytilidae).
The new project aims to build upon the outcomes and outputs of the previous project through value creation and mainly by acquiring equipment and market know-how for developing seafood processing (such as mussels and pearl mussels) as a new business. The additional aspect is driven by the need for addressing the current market demands and, thus, purchasing equipment with capacity to process shellfish harvested also in shallow waters and with the highest demand from customers (mussels), as well as acquiring know-how and business support opportunities in the seafood industry in Romania.