Our winning photos are the ones shown below taken by our partner Mariana Mata Lara, during a meeting in Vigo, Spain and a fieldwork campaign in Glenan Archipelago, France.
By winning the contest, we will receive 300 postcards with the info shown in the GIF for us to promote our project. Further, our photo will be promoted at an European level!
YOU CAN ALSO BE PART OF THIS!
If you want to have a chance to win a basket full of the best European delicacies and regional flavours, then answer to this quiz of "How well do you know Europe?".
A new quiz will be published every month until the end of August.
So keep posted!
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Our winning photos are the ones shown below taken by our partner Mariana Mata Lara, during a meeting in Vigo, Spain and a fieldwork campaign in Glenan Archipelago, France.
By winning the contest, we will receive 300 postcards with the info shown in the GIF for us to promote our project. Further, our photo will be promoted at an European level!
YOU CAN ALSO BE PART OF THIS!
If you want to have a chance to win a basket full of the best European delicacies and regional flavours, then answer to this quiz of "How well do you know Europe?".
A new quiz will be published every month until the end of August.
So keep posted!
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The European Parliament approved EMFF amendments to mitigate the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the aquaculture and fisheries sector.
The exceptional temporary measures of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus include support for:
☑️ temporary cessation of fishing activities
☑️ storage of fishery & aquaculture products
☑️ financial compensations to the aquaculture & processing industry
☑️ specific measures for the outermost regions
Additional amendments to the EMFF Regulation allow for more flexible reallocation of financial resources within the operational programmes of each Member State and a simplified procedure for amending operational programmes with respect to the introduction of the new measures. Operations supported under the temporary coronavirus-related measures will be retroactively eligible as of 1 February 2020 until 31 December 2020. Therefore, Member States can already start selecting and supporting these operations.
For further information, you can read the EC proposal here.
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The European Parliament approved EMFF amendments to mitigate the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the aquaculture and fisheries sector.
The exceptional temporary measures of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative Plus include support for:
☑️ temporary cessation of fishing activities
☑️ storage of fishery & aquaculture products
☑️ financial compensations to the aquaculture & processing industry
☑️ specific measures for the outermost regions
Additional amendments to the EMFF Regulation allow for more flexible reallocation of financial resources within the operational programmes of each Member State and a simplified procedure for amending operational programmes with respect to the introduction of the new measures. Operations supported under the temporary coronavirus-related measures will be retroactively eligible as of 1 February 2020 until 31 December 2020. Therefore, Member States can already start selecting and supporting these operations.
For further information, you can read the EC proposal here.
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After the success of the H2020 programme, the European Commission has decided to continue working in the area of Research and Innovation. This time, five mission areas have been identified, being one of them dedicated to healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters.
The thematics under this mission will include:
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Systemic solutions for the prevention, reduction, mitigation and removal of marine pollution including plastics
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Transition to a circular and blue economy
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Adaption to and mitigation of pollution and climate change in the ocean
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Sustainable use and management of ocean resources
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Development of new materials including biodegradable plastic substitutes, new feed and food
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Urban, coastal and maritime spatial planning
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Ocean governance
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Ocean economics applied to maritime activities
More information
If you are interested in knowing about the other missions then we invite you to check the official website here.
Otherwise, the image below presents the preliminary structure for Horizon Europe:
Mission Boards
This mission area has a mission board tasked with identifying one or more specific missions for implementation under Horizon Europe. The mission board consists of 15 experts, including the chair, and is supported by a mission secretariat and an assembly.
The Mission Boards will each produce a draft report proposing concrete targets and timelines by the end of May 2020. The draft reports will be the base for further discussion and engagement with citizens and stakeholders until September. The final recommendations of the Mission Boards will be handed over to the European Commission at the European Research & Innovation Days (22-24 September 2020).
Members of the Mission Board for Healthy Oceans,
Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters
The members of the mission board for healthy oceans are the following:
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After the success of the H2020 programme, the European Commission has decided to continue working in the area of Research and Innovation. This time, five mission areas have been identified, being one of them dedicated to healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters.
The thematics under this mission will include:
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Systemic solutions for the prevention, reduction, mitigation and removal of marine pollution including plastics
-
Transition to a circular and blue economy
-
Adaption to and mitigation of pollution and climate change in the ocean
-
Sustainable use and management of ocean resources
-
Development of new materials including biodegradable plastic substitutes, new feed and food
-
Urban, coastal and maritime spatial planning
-
Ocean governance
-
Ocean economics applied to maritime activities
More information
If you are interested in knowing about the other missions then we invite you to check the official website here.
Otherwise, the image below presents the preliminary structure for Horizon Europe:
Mission Boards
This mission area has a mission board tasked with identifying one or more specific missions for implementation under Horizon Europe. The mission board consists of 15 experts, including the chair, and is supported by a mission secretariat and an assembly.
The Mission Boards will each produce a draft report proposing concrete targets and timelines by the end of May 2020. The draft reports will be the base for further discussion and engagement with citizens and stakeholders until September. The final recommendations of the Mission Boards will be handed over to the European Commission at the European Research & Innovation Days (22-24 September 2020).
Members of the Mission Board for Healthy Oceans,
Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters
The members of the mission board for healthy oceans are the following:
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Day 1
Starting with a welcoming from our host and partner Geonardo, the first day of our project meeting started by discussing the "User requirements and service definition" work package, where we talked about the upcoming updates on our Initial product and service portfolio, as well as our Validation plan and Technical Implementation and Data Management Plan.
The session followed by a detailed presentation on the "Product innovation and validation"
overview and updates, which included all the past field campaigns like those that happened last summer.
The day closed with a discussion on the technical implementation, having updates on the satellite data acquisition, the algorithm implementation and the connection to in situ measurements. The day was closed with a consortium dinner at the Centrál Kávéház, one of the most traditional coffeehouses in Budapest, opened in 1887, that was an important intellectual centre of various Hungarian literature and scientific streams throughout the 19th and 20th century.
Day 2
The second day started with an overview of our demonstration cases, followed by updates on our communication and dissemination plans, including the business & marketing plan.
As a highlight from this session is the recently published white paper we created with EOMORES project on "Satellite-assisted monitoring of water quality to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive". We invite you to click on the image and enter to read the full paper.
The evening ended by gladly receiving our project officer Sally Taylor and one of our reviewers, Jean Marie Beckers, for a dinner and wine tasting gathering.
Day 3 - Review Meeting
The whole day was about providing to our reviewers Tarek Habib and Jean Marie Beckers, as well as our project officer, Sally Taylor, all the updates of the project from all this year. We are very proud of what we have achieved this year, and we were very grateful for all the feedback we got from them. Thank you again for this!
The day closed with the release of our new video! If you haven't seen it yet, you cannot miss it. Click on the image to redirect you to the video.
With this meeting, we closed our activities for the second year of the project and we are ready to start the third and last. Keep tunned and accompany us for the last phase of CoastObs!
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Day 1
Starting with a welcoming from our host and partner Geonardo, the first day of our project meeting started by discussing the "User requirements and service definition" work package, where we talked about the upcoming updates on our Initial product and service portfolio, as well as our Validation plan and Technical Implementation and Data Management Plan.
The session followed by a detailed presentation on the "Product innovation and validation"
overview and updates, which included all the past field campaigns like those that happened last summer.
The day closed with a discussion on the technical implementation, having updates on the satellite data acquisition, the algorithm implementation and the connection to in situ measurements. The day was closed with a consortium dinner at the Centrál Kávéház, one of the most traditional coffeehouses in Budapest, opened in 1887, that was an important intellectual centre of various Hungarian literature and scientific streams throughout the 19th and 20th century.
Day 2
The second day started with an overview of our demonstration cases, followed by updates on our communication and dissemination plans, including the business & marketing plan.
As a highlight from this session is the recently published white paper we created with EOMORES project on "Satellite-assisted monitoring of water quality to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive". We invite you to click on the image and enter to read the full paper.
The evening ended by gladly receiving our project officer Sally Taylor and one of our reviewers, Jean Marie Beckers, for a dinner and wine tasting gathering.
Day 3 - Review Meeting
The whole day was about providing to our reviewers Tarek Habib and Jean Marie Beckers, as well as our project officer, Sally Taylor, all the updates of the project from all this year. We are very proud of what we have achieved this year, and we were very grateful for all the feedback we got from them. Thank you again for this!
The day closed with the release of our new video! If you haven't seen it yet, you cannot miss it. Click on the image to redirect you to the video.
With this meeting, we closed our activities for the second year of the project and we are ready to start the third and last. Keep tunned and accompany us for the last phase of CoastObs!
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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!
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Click on the image below to access our video.
]]>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!
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Click on the image below to access our video.
]]>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!
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Interested in the presentation Dr. van Houcke gave? We have it here for you!
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!
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Interested in the presentation Dr. van Houcke gave? We have it here for you!
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.
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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.
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The article was published in the bulletin #27 on September 2019.
For checking out the full gazette, we invite you to go visit:
https://www.mexillondegalicia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/boletin.pdf
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The article was published in the bulletin #27 on September 2019.
For checking out the full gazette, we invite you to go visit:
https://www.mexillondegalicia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/boletin.pdf
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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!
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Mussel farming in the Netherlands
The fourth campaign on this summer was at Waddenzee and Eems estuary, a highly dynamic and productive estuarine area, characterised by extensive tidal mudflats, saltmarshes, and deeper tidal creeks. It‘s also one of the largest coastal wetlands in the world and a biodiversity hotspot.
Pressures such as eutrophication increased sedimentation due to dredging, sea-level rise, invasive species are causing ecosystem changes. CoastObs objective in this case study, is to gain insight in spatial and temporal variation in food availability for mussels monitor turbidity as a result of dredging fisheries and sand nourishment monitor environmental status of the coastal waters, including eutrophication, PP, indicator species phaeocystis, and to provide data for reporting requirements.
Our work in this area will help users interested in ecological status and trends in water quality, historic analysis service to monitor the sources, magnitude and consequences of eutrophication.
Macrophytes and submerged seagrass beds in Bourgneuf Bay, France.
The fifth fieldwork campaign was carried out in a macrotidal bay (tidal range 6m) located in the coast of France. The intertidal zone (~ 100 km2) is mostly constituted of mudflats and rocky areas, widely used for shellfish aquaculture (oyster farms). Large wild oyster reefs are found in the eastern part of the bay. The intertidal zone also presents benthic microalgae (BMA), macroalgae, and seagrass (mostly Zostera noltei).
CoastObs aim at this area is to use Sentinel2 time-series to update decadal trend analysis and retrieve Water Framework Directive variables (total extent, biomass) and to help aquaculture management of wild oyster reefs.
All photos: Mariana Mata-Lara
Coming next
From all the five fieldwork campaigns carried out this summer, we will create the series of "Success stories", short clips intended to give you all the insights on the work done in each area. So wait for Spring 2020 to start watching those!
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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!
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Mussel farming in the Netherlands
The fourth campaign on this summer was at Waddenzee and Eems estuary, a highly dynamic and productive estuarine area, characterised by extensive tidal mudflats, saltmarshes, and deeper tidal creeks. It‘s also one of the largest coastal wetlands in the world and a biodiversity hotspot.
Pressures such as eutrophication increased sedimentation due to dredging, sea-level rise, invasive species are causing ecosystem changes. CoastObs objective in this case study, is to gain insight in spatial and temporal variation in food availability for mussels monitor turbidity as a result of dredging fisheries and sand nourishment monitor environmental status of the coastal waters, including eutrophication, PP, indicator species phaeocystis, and to provide data for reporting requirements.
Our work in this area will help users interested in ecological status and trends in water quality, historic analysis service to monitor the sources, magnitude and consequences of eutrophication.
Macrophytes and submerged seagrass beds in Bourgneuf Bay, France.
The fifth fieldwork campaign was carried out in a macrotidal bay (tidal range 6m) located in the coast of France. The intertidal zone (~ 100 km2) is mostly constituted of mudflats and rocky areas, widely used for shellfish aquaculture (oyster farms). Large wild oyster reefs are found in the eastern part of the bay. The intertidal zone also presents benthic microalgae (BMA), macroalgae, and seagrass (mostly Zostera noltei).
CoastObs aim at this area is to use Sentinel2 time-series to update decadal trend analysis and retrieve Water Framework Directive variables (total extent, biomass) and to help aquaculture management of wild oyster reefs.
All photos: Mariana Mata-Lara
Coming next
From all the five fieldwork campaigns carried out this summer, we will create the series of "Success stories", short clips intended to give you all the insights on the work done in each area. So wait for Spring 2020 to start watching those!
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Mussel farming in Spain
In Galicia, Spain, mussel farming is a tradition that dates back to the late 1940's when raft culture was introduced. The Rias Bajas on the Galician coast of NW Spain are among the most productive oceanic regions of the world and thus, mussel farming is a key industry in the region (1).
Being Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) a key factor in limiting aquaculture development, and further, having well-known links with intoxications associated with shellfish consumption (2), CoastObs aims for the Galician case study, to help the local mussel industry by providing useful information on the prediction of bloom occurrence of HABs (Pseudo-nitzschia spp.) through the use of Earth Observation.
The fieldwork for validating sentinel data included radiometric measurements and water sampling for phytoplankton size classes documentation.
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Seagrass and macro-algae beds in France
Another fieldwork campaign this summer was carried out at Glénan Archipelago in South Brittany, France. In between the islands, in the enclosed and shallow lagoon, the seabed consists mainly of Zostera marina seagrass beds, macro-algae, and sand patches.
In this case study, CoastObs attempts to gain insight in the spatial and temporal variation of intertidal macrophytes (seagrass beds and macro-algae) and submerged seagrass beds; to develop an optical non-destructive method to estimate intertidal seagrass leaf biomass and epiphytes with a field spectroradiometer.
The fieldwork included radiometric measurements and video recording of the seafloor to validate sentinel images.
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Eutrophication in Italy
The third campaign was carried out in Venice Lagoon, Italy, an area characterized for its very shallow coastal environment with a mean depth of 1 m, and connected with the sea through three inlets. Given its characteristics, it is influenced by freshwater from the land and tides of the NAS, so a succession of different environments from the mainland to the sea characterizes the complex morphology of the lagoon: shallows, mudflats, wetlands, sandbars, islands and a dense network of channels.
Despite being normal for this type of lagoon to have a constantly evolving environment, the problems that undermine the balance of the lagoon's ecosystem today are changes brought by man and triggered by nature, such as erosion of the morphological structures of the lagoon and pollution.
CoastObs aim in this case study is to gain insight in spatial and temporal variation of submerged macrophytes (seagrass beds and macro-algae) and their correlation to eutrophication and anoxic crises in the Lagoon of Venice; and will further investigate the morphodynamics, coastal erosion and accretion patterns in dynamic key areas, based on suspended sediment transport-dispersion pathways.
For this, the fieldwork campaign included radiometric measurements and data collection for TSM, turbidity an water temperature of the water column.
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Upcoming campaigns
In August and September, there will be two campaigns left, water quality in the Waddenzee and Eems estuary in the Netherlands, and the second part of seagrass and macro-algae beds with a case study in Bourgneuf Bay, South Brittany, France.
Keep tunned to check how those go!
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Mussel farming in Spain
In Galicia, Spain, mussel farming is a tradition that dates back to the late 1940's when raft culture was introduced. The Rias Bajas on the Galician coast of NW Spain are among the most productive oceanic regions of the world and thus, mussel farming is a key industry in the region (1).
Being Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) a key factor in limiting aquaculture development, and further, having well-known links with intoxications associated with shellfish consumption (2), CoastObs aims for the Galician case study, to help the local mussel industry by providing useful information on the prediction of bloom occurrence of HABs (Pseudo-nitzschia spp.) through the use of Earth Observation.
The fieldwork for validating sentinel data included radiometric measurements and water sampling for phytoplankton size classes documentation.
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Seagrass and macro-algae beds in France
Another fieldwork campaign this summer was carried out at Glénan Archipelago in South Brittany, France. In between the islands, in the enclosed and shallow lagoon, the seabed consists mainly of Zostera marina seagrass beds, macro-algae, and sand patches.
In this case study, CoastObs attempts to gain insight in the spatial and temporal variation of intertidal macrophytes (seagrass beds and macro-algae) and submerged seagrass beds; to develop an optical non-destructive method to estimate intertidal seagrass leaf biomass and epiphytes with a field spectroradiometer.
The fieldwork included radiometric measurements and video recording of the seafloor to validate sentinel images.
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Eutrophication in Italy
The third campaign was carried out in Venice Lagoon, Italy, an area characterized for its very shallow coastal environment with a mean depth of 1 m, and connected with the sea through three inlets. Given its characteristics, it is influenced by freshwater from the land and tides of the NAS, so a succession of different environments from the mainland to the sea characterizes the complex morphology of the lagoon: shallows, mudflats, wetlands, sandbars, islands and a dense network of channels.
Despite being normal for this type of lagoon to have a constantly evolving environment, the problems that undermine the balance of the lagoon's ecosystem today are changes brought by man and triggered by nature, such as erosion of the morphological structures of the lagoon and pollution.
CoastObs aim in this case study is to gain insight in spatial and temporal variation of submerged macrophytes (seagrass beds and macro-algae) and their correlation to eutrophication and anoxic crises in the Lagoon of Venice; and will further investigate the morphodynamics, coastal erosion and accretion patterns in dynamic key areas, based on suspended sediment transport-dispersion pathways.
For this, the fieldwork campaign included radiometric measurements and data collection for TSM, turbidity an water temperature of the water column.
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara
Upcoming campaigns
In August and September, there will be two campaigns left, water quality in the Waddenzee and Eems estuary in the Netherlands, and the second part of seagrass and macro-algae beds with a case study in Bourgneuf Bay, South Brittany, France.
Keep tunned to check how those go!
]]>The meeting included as well a consortium-fieldtrip to the mussel farming rafts in Vigo, where one of our case studies is being carried out.
We thank UVigo for organizing such wonderful meeting and we look forward to meeting everyone again in November in Budapest!
The meeting included as well a consortium-fieldtrip to the mussel farming rafts in Vigo, where one of our case studies is being carried out.
We thank UVigo for organizing such wonderful meeting and we look forward to meeting everyone again in November in Budapest!
- Exhibition of the results obtained in CoastObs of UVIGO
- Works with closing data
- Development of automated in situ measurement systems
From the meeting several points were agreed to be followed upon:
- Obtaining closing data from 2011-Actuality
- Mussel production publications
- Follow up meeting in July
- Meeting in September to present results to the sector.
- Exhibition of the results obtained in CoastObs of UVIGO
- Works with closing data
- Development of automated in situ measurement systems
From the meeting several points were agreed to be followed upon:
- Obtaining closing data from 2011-Actuality
- Mussel production publications
- Follow up meeting in July
- Meeting in September to present results to the sector.