The overarching objectives of the proposal are to:
- Upgrade and expand an integrated and sustained system for the Greek Seas
- Upgrade and expand the existing monitoring platforms with new sensors and technologies
- Integrate new datasets and quality assessed timeseries that estimate qualitative descriptors such as eutrophication, alternations of hydrography, noise and distribution and abundance of small pelagic fish.
- Increase the area coverage of marine waters’ monitoring programs through the inclusion of the above activities into MFSD implementation plans
- Deliver data through web tools and applications deriving from operational marine observations and forecasting
- Improve the fisheries data collected within the current monitoring programs and harmonize the estimation of the small pelagic fish stocks with the ecosystem approach to fisheries
Work Breakdown:
Task 1: Purchase of atmospheric and oceanographic sensors for the POSEIDON monitoring buoys (International Tender)
Task 2: Purchase of an echo sounder system for the recording of fisheries population data (International Tender)
Task 3: Purchase of trawl scanning instrument that will be used for the collection of advanced fisheries data (International Tender)
Task 4: Purchase of spare parts and supporting hardware for the operation of the POSEIDON monitoring buoys (International Tender)
Task 5: Implementation of an integrated marine monitoring program – Coordination of the project’s implementation activities
Deliverables:
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Del. no. |
Deliverable title |
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D.1 |
Announcement of the tender for the purchase of atmospheric and oceanographic instruments and other equipment for the upgrade and maintenance of POSEIDON’s mooring network- evaluation and acceptance of new components |
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D.2 |
Announcement of the tender for the purchase of the echo sounder system and the trawl scanning instrument that will be used for the collection of advanced fisheries data |
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D.3 |
Upgrades of selected observatories with new sensors and expansion of the present network’s observing capacity |
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D.4 |
Installation of echo sounder system and the trawl scanning instrument in the R/V “Philia” |
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D.5 |
Harmonization of QC and validation procedures of data collected through observation systems |
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D.6 |
Final report on the implementation and outcomes of the project |