Maritime economy
for blue growth
European leader in marine research, Brittany’s expertise is covering many topics, from renewable marine energies to aquaculture. Our objective is to strenghten regional excellence around the sea, in terms of maritime security, coastline management or development of marine biotechnologies.
Topical subdomains
The objective is to reduce regional external energetic dependency, work against climate change, and support the development of an international-level industrial sector.
Are located in Brittany, mostly in Brest area: France Energies Marines, the institute for energy transition dedicated to offshore wind energy; Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique, a international cluster; Institut européen de la mer, Ensta, Ifremer, industrial actors such as Navalgroup….
Objectives: support structuration of Breton sectors to help them become competitive at the European and international level. Regional teams, internationally recognized, strengthen their collaborations to develop infrastructures and projects for integrated ecosystem development of coastal and deep-sea fishing but also fishing from the shore, in the context of climate change.
The naval and nautical sector in Brittany includes major industrial groups, the French Oceanographic Fleet, a heterogeneous network of companies, numerous academic players and high-performance laboratories. Grouped together within clusters, they are working on the following topics: ships’ energy efficiency, ecoconception, safety and security of vessels, vessels control and operation of vessels, enhancement of performance of industrial tools and sectorial needs.
Breton actors are working in the “smart port” approach in order to adapt to the digital and energy transitions, to the new uses such as real-time information, traceability, fluidity of flows in the port area and its connectivity to all international and European ports.
Safety is a prerequisite for the growth of maritime activities. The rich regional dynamic is working around the following topics: defence of the interests and sovereign rights of States, fight against illegal and malicious acts and fight against environmental risks, safety of people and property.
The economic ecosystem includes key companies such as Thales, NavalGroup, IxBlue, DCI, Syrlinks, CLS… The region also has an academic excellence structure with IMT Atlantique, Ensta, Ecole Navale, University of Western Brittany, ISEN or ENSM.
The objective is to improve knowledge of coastlines and oceans from the regional to the global scale, to better understand past and present events and help human societies to anticipate future social and environmental challenges.
The Breton players in the sector are numerous, from academic(CNRS, IFREMER, UBO, UBS, SBR, IRD, MNHN, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, ENSTA, etc.), public bodies and State services (OFB, DREAL, SHOM, Cerema,Cedre…), innovation organisations (Campus Mondial de la Mer, Technopoles, Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique), and innovative companies.
Focus on…. the Campus Mondial de la Mer
Since 2016, the Campus Mondial de la Mer is bringing together Breton actors around knowledge and valorization of marine resources. It gathers academic, scientific, economic and institutional experts on various subjects: maritime transport, fishing, marine biotechnologies, renewable marine energies…
The Campus Mondial de la Mer has for objectives to create links beteween research labs and campanies, and also to highligh the local experts on the national and international scale to create links with other marine territories. It is translated into topical meetings, support to scientific and economic projects, and training around issues of the blue economy.
A map of all local actors is available on the Campus website.