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												<font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="5" color="white" class="head-1"><br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Hello CoastObservers! <br><br></font>
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																	With this image from our fieldwork in Venice, we want to greet you back again!<br><br>
																	Six more months have passed, and we have been keeping ourselves very busy with two more fieldwork campaigns, meetings with users, the publication of a White Paper, a project meeting and our 2nd review meeting, as well as the release of our new video!<br><br>
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													In our previous newsletter issue, we told you about our <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/17/summer-s-fieldwork-campaign-has-started?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">summer fieldwork campaigns </a> carried out in Spain, France and Italy. Well, at the end of the summer we carried out <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/23/recap-on-our-second-summer-fieldwork-season?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">two other campaigns</a> in the Netherlands and France. Click to read about <strong>mussel farming in the Netherlands</strong> and <strong>macrophytes and submerged seagrass beds in Bourgneuf Bay</strong>, France.
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													After our <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/14/coastobs-project-meeting?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">project meeting in Vigo</a>, we were featured at <strong>12 local media</strong> including in the bulletin of the Regulatory Board of Protected Designation of Origin Mussel of Galicia. <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/18/featured-in-the-gazette-mexillon-de-galicia?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">Enter here to see the full article</a>.
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													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 <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://twitter.com/AquaStudents">@AquaStudents</a> and @UnivNantes students. <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/20/the-hz-university-of-applied-sciences-visits-the-university-of-nantes?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">You can check his presentation here</a>.
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													At the beginning of this month, CoastObs held in Budapest, Hungary its bi-annual project and 2nd review meeting, receiving all 8 partner organizations, two reviewers and our project officer! <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/21/project-and-2nd-review-meetings?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">Read about what was discussed and see some photos here</a>.
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												We partnered up with <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="http://eomores-h2020.eu/">EOMORES</a> to publish the white paper on “<strong>Satellite-assisted monitoring of water quality to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive</strong>”.<br><br>
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												For celebrating that we are turning two-years old and that we are about to start the third and last stage of this project, <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/22/new-video-released?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">we released a new video</a> that explains the basic and high-level products and services we can offer to you for water quality monitoring using Copernicus Data!<br><br>
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														Did you read <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://www.mercator-ocean.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/THE_BLUE_BOOK_WEB_V2.pdf"><strong>The Blue Book – Copernicus for a Sustainable Ocean?</strong></a><strong> </strong>It tells the testimonies of citizens around the globe, business success stories, societal commitments, and visionary statements of major European and International stakeholders, for a sustainable and healthy ocean.
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														For another good read, there is also the <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://www.asc-aqua.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ASC_Marine-Litter-and-Aquaculture-Gear-November-2019.pdf"><strong>Marine Litter and Aquaculture Gear - ASC White Paper</strong></a><strong>,</strong> published last November.
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														Did you read about <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="http://marine.copernicus.eu/eu-oceans-day-december-7-cop25-madrid/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=meetedgar.com">EU OCEAN DAY at COP25</a> in Madrid?
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														The<a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B5K9g-oH3JV/"> EMD2020</a> topic next May will target “EU Maritime Policy towards 2050”. Make sure you start planning your trip to the annual European event of the marine and maritime community!
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												How do satellites beat water pollution and protect our Earth?
												
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												Thanks for reading and for being a CoastObserver!<br>
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																	With this image from our fieldwork in Venice, we want to greet you back again!<br><br>
																	Six more months have passed, and we have been keeping ourselves very busy with two more fieldwork campaigns, meetings with users, the publication of a White Paper, a project meeting and our 2nd review meeting, as well as the release of our new video!<br><br>
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													In our previous newsletter issue, we told you about our <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/17/summer-s-fieldwork-campaign-has-started?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">summer fieldwork campaigns </a> carried out in Spain, France and Italy. Well, at the end of the summer we carried out <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/23/recap-on-our-second-summer-fieldwork-season?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">two other campaigns</a> in the Netherlands and France. Click to read about <strong>mussel farming in the Netherlands</strong> and <strong>macrophytes and submerged seagrass beds in Bourgneuf Bay</strong>, France.
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													After our <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/14/coastobs-project-meeting?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">project meeting in Vigo</a>, we were featured at <strong>12 local media</strong> including in the bulletin of the Regulatory Board of Protected Designation of Origin Mussel of Galicia. <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/18/featured-in-the-gazette-mexillon-de-galicia?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">Enter here to see the full article</a>.
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													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 <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://twitter.com/AquaStudents">@AquaStudents</a> and @UnivNantes students. <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/20/the-hz-university-of-applied-sciences-visits-the-university-of-nantes?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">You can check his presentation here</a>.
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													At the beginning of this month, CoastObs held in Budapest, Hungary its bi-annual project and 2nd review meeting, receiving all 8 partner organizations, two reviewers and our project officer! <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/21/project-and-2nd-review-meetings?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">Read about what was discussed and see some photos here</a>.
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												We partnered up with <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="http://eomores-h2020.eu/">EOMORES</a> to publish the white paper on “<strong>Satellite-assisted monitoring of water quality to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive</strong>”.<br><br>
												We highlight four recommendations for promoting and supporting the use of satellite-based water quality metrics in Water Framework Directive (WFD) statutory monitoring and reporting. <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://zenodo.org/record/3463051#.Xe5ypuhKiHv">Click here to read the full document</a>.
												
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												For celebrating that we are turning two-years old and that we are about to start the third and last stage of this project, <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://coastobs.eu/news/22/new-video-released?utm_campaign=COBNL&utm_source=§utmSource&utm_medium=e-mail">we released a new video</a> that explains the basic and high-level products and services we can offer to you for water quality monitoring using Copernicus Data!<br><br>
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														Did you read <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://www.mercator-ocean.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/THE_BLUE_BOOK_WEB_V2.pdf"><strong>The Blue Book – Copernicus for a Sustainable Ocean?</strong></a><strong> </strong>It tells the testimonies of citizens around the globe, business success stories, societal commitments, and visionary statements of major European and International stakeholders, for a sustainable and healthy ocean.
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														For another good read, there is also the <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://www.asc-aqua.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ASC_Marine-Litter-and-Aquaculture-Gear-November-2019.pdf"><strong>Marine Litter and Aquaculture Gear - ASC White Paper</strong></a><strong>,</strong> published last November.
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														Did you read about <a style="color:#2e92d3" href="http://marine.copernicus.eu/eu-oceans-day-december-7-cop25-madrid/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=meetedgar.com">EU OCEAN DAY at COP25</a> in Madrid?
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														The<a style="color:#2e92d3" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B5K9g-oH3JV/"> EMD2020</a> topic next May will target “EU Maritime Policy towards 2050”. Make sure you start planning your trip to the annual European event of the marine and maritime community!
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												How do satellites beat water pollution and protect our Earth?
												
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												Thanks for reading and for being a CoastObserver!<br>
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