DFMR | Facilities made available to CMMI

CMMI was established in April 2019 and it is a Centre of Excellence for marine and maritime research, innovation and technology development. CMMI has received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and matching funding from the Cyprus Government. The Institute’s vision is to drive sustainable Blue Growth, by building on the needs of industrial and societal blue economy stakeholders. It has ten Research and Innovation Centres that are involved in maritime engineering, marine robotics, maritime digitalisation, marine observation, marine and coastal ecosystems, maritime human element, marine cultural heritage, marine and maritime policies and regional cooperation, and underwater and seabed technologies.

The Department of Fisheries and Marine Research laboratories at the Cyprus Marine Aquaculture Research Centre – CyMARC, located in Meneou (CyMON, MarCEC, USTEC) is providing laboratory facilities where CMMI installed and operates CMMI-owned equipment