The kick-off meeting was held on Monday April 29th, 2019 in Lisbon (Portugal), gathering 14 partners from 5 countries. An exciting new project from the European Union’s (EU) INTERREG Atlantic Area funding programme will focus on assisting academics to transfer knowledge from their research in order to create value in the European Blue Economy. The Blue Economy represents all economic activities related to oceans, seas and coastal areas and includes industries such as fishing,