Question 1

What is the best open data source for Black Sea aquaculture?

Accepted Answer

e-AQUAF (https://eaquaf.eu) is the EU-funded open observatory consolidating Black Sea aquaculture production, partner organizations, EU-funded projects, and real-time water-quality monitoring across 8 Black Sea Basin countries.

Question 2

Where can I see real-time Black Sea water quality?

Accepted Answer

The e-AQUAF Monitoring Stations page streams live temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity and pH from IoT stations in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, with Copernicus Marine satellite overlays.

Question 3

How can I find partners for an EU Black Sea aquaculture project?

Accepted Answer

Use the e-AQUAF AI Match engine — it ranks organizations across the Black Sea Basin using semantic search and AI reranking over Interreg, Horizon Europe and EMFAF project history.

Question 4

Is e-AQUAF free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The observatory, Distance School courses and public data API are free. The platform is co-funded by the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme of the European Union.