{"id":49696,"date":"2025-10-01T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/?p=49696"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:02:17","slug":"mare-ipleiria-projects-recognised-at-the-expo-fish-portugal-innovation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/mare-ipleiria-projects-recognised-at-the-expo-fish-portugal-innovation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"MARE \u2013 IPLeiria Projects Recognised at the Expo Fish Portugal Innovation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-theme-title\">ESTM Pride: MARE \u2013 IPLeiria Projects Recognised at the Expo Fish Portugal Innovation Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-column\">\n<p>On December 10, 2025, ESTM\u2019s research was recognised at the Expo Fish Portugal Innovation Award, during a ceremony held at the \u00cdlhavo Maritime Museum, further reinforcing ESTM Pride in the impact and innovation of its projects and in the contribution of researchers from its marine resources research group, MARE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the \u2018New Seafood Products\u2019 category, the FoodCycleIn project, by FoodCycle Innovations, received an Honourable Mention, under the coordination of researchers Filipa Pinto and S\u00f3nia Barroso. In the \u2018More Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture\u2019 category, the project PROVA \u2013 Innovative, high-quality and value-added products from the sustainable aquaculture of sea urchins, developed by MARE-IPLeiria, was awarded first place, with researcher S\u00edlvia Louren\u00e7o leading a team that includes Ana Pombo, In\u00eas Lisboa, Marta Neves and Susana Mendes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These awards highlight the excellence of applied research, innovation, and the commitment of ESTM and MARE-IPLeiria to the sustainability of marine resources, while showcasing the talent and dedication of their teams and researchers \u2014 a true source of ESTM Pride.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/04\/597388650_868006522544515_8881459485011286094_n-edited.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49699\"\/><figcaption>1st Place &#8211; Project PROVA \u2013 Innovative, high-quality and value-added products from the sustainable aquaculture of sea urchins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-6 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/04\/logo_expo_fish_cores.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49703\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/expofishportugal.com\/en\">https:\/\/expofishportugal.com\/en<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-5 wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"863\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/04\/597410252_868006719211162_2850705864910392085_n-edited.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/04\/597410252_868006719211162_2850705864910392085_n-edited.webp 863w, https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/04\/597410252_868006719211162_2850705864910392085_n-edited-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/04\/597410252_868006719211162_2850705864910392085_n-edited-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/04\/597410252_868006719211162_2850705864910392085_n-edited-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><figcaption>Honorable Mention &#8211; FoodCycleIn Project, by FoodCycle Innovations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESTM Pride: MARE \u2013 IPLeiria Projects Recognised at the Expo Fish Portugal Innovation Award On December 10, 2025, ESTM\u2019s research was recognised at the Expo Fish Portugal Innovation Award, during a ceremony held at the \u00cdlhavo Maritime Museum, further reinforcing ESTM Pride in the impact and innovation of its projects and in the contribution of [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"multilingual_post_translation":"","custompostfields_banners":"","custompostfields_meta-description":"","custompostfields_front-page-gallery-thumbnails":"49699"},"categories":[282,283],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49708,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49696\/revisions\/49708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipleiria.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}