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COASTOBS IS WINNER OF THE EU IN MY REGION PHOTO CONTEST!
COASTOBS IS WINNER OF THE EU IN MY REGION PHOTO CONTEST!

Click to see our winning photo and to have a chance to win a price too!

EU ADOPTS EMERGENCY AID FOR AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES
EU ADOPTS EMERGENCY AID FOR AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES

The European Commission welcomes launched the 2020 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) pre-financing process to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on the aquaculture and fisheries sectors.

2021 HORIZON EUROPE: THE NEXT EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME AND THE OCEAN
2021 HORIZON EUROPE: THE NEXT EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME AND THE OCEAN

An ambitious €100 billion programme called Horizon Europe is forthcoming, what's coming for the Ocean?

 

Project and 2nd review meetings!
Project and 2nd review meetings!

From December 02nd-04th, 2019, CoastObs held in Budapest, Hungary its bi-annual project and 2nd review meeting, receiving all 8 partner organizations, two reviewers and our project officer!

 

NEW VIDEO RELEASED!
NEW VIDEO RELEASED!

 

With the end of our review meeting, we released our new video!

Enter to see great drone and underwater images of our case studies and find out about the basic and high-level products and services we can offer to you for water quality monitoring using Copernicus Data!

 

The HZ University of Applied Sciences visits the University of Nantes,
The HZ University of Applied Sciences visits the University of Nantes,

@By Laura Zoffoli

Dr. Jasper van Houcke from HZeeland was invited by the Remote Sensing and Benthic Ecology department of the University of Nantes, to give a lecture to the @AquaStudents and @UnivNantes students. Thanks to Dr. Jasper, now they now know everything about shellfish aquaculture in the Netherlands! 

 

University of Nantes met regional managers of coastal areas.
University of Nantes met regional managers of coastal areas.

@By Laura Zoffoli

The Remote Sensing and Benthic Ecology department of the University of Nantes
met regional managers of coastal areas (DDTM85 and Syndicat Mixte de la Baie de Bourgneuf - SMBB) to deliver seagrass products for water quality monitoring.

Featured in the gazette Mexillon de Galicia!
Featured in the gazette Mexillon de Galicia!
CoastObs project was featured in the bulletin of the Regulatory Board of Protected Designation of Origin Mussel of Galicia.
Recap on our second summer fieldwork season
Recap on our second summer fieldwork season

 

After the fieldwork carried out during the beginner of summer in France, Italy and Spain, two more campaigns were carried out during August and September. Keep reading to see photos of our case studies and to find out more about the work done there!

 

Summer's fieldwork campaign has started!
Summer's fieldwork campaign has started!

Summer is here and so our fieldwork campaigns for validating Sentinel data. Read more about our campaigns in Spain, France, and Italy!

 

CoastObs project meeting!
CoastObs project meeting!

On June 12-13th we had our periodical project meeting at the Toralla Marine Science Station (ECIMAT) from the University of Vigo (CIM-UVIGO).

UVigo meeting with the Mussel Regulatory Council
UVigo meeting with the Mussel Regulatory Council

On June 11th, UVigo met on behalf of CoastObs, with Angeles Longa from the Concello Regulador do Mexillón (Mussel Regulatory Council) to discuss about the project.