"A high density use of the sea is challenging from a safety, cultural, economic and technical perspective"

‘Life at Sea’ is certainly the broadest market which MARIN serves. As the name implies, it entails everything related to life at sea. “Think about food production such as fisheries and aquaculture, ocean research, nature, but also living, tourism and working at sea,” Floor Spaargaren explains, as Project Manager Offshore and coordinator for the Life at Sea market.
The main stakeholders are also wide ranging, including NGOs, fishery and aquaculture entrepreneurs, offshore
contractors and governmental institutions. In all aspects of the life at sea market the focus on sustainability and ecology is very important, she stresses. “Users of the sea are getting more and more aware of the potential ecological impact of their assets and/or the need to reduce the damage done to ecology.”