Planning 2011-2013 Marine knowledge 2020 MARITIME AFFAIRS DG MARE Dyke meeting May 2011

cost of ocean observation in EU space data €400 million per year in-situ data > €1 billion per year

Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (..) the data collected through these observations can only generate knowledge and innovation if Europe's engineers and scientists are able to find, access, assemble and apply them efficiently and rapidly. At present this is often not the case. Despite all this spending we can’t use the data

adopted 8 September 2010 4

Integrates EU initiatives into coherent whole European Marine and Observation Network MARITIME AFFAIRS Data Collection Framework in fisheries Global Monitoring for Environment and Security INSPIRE Directive Public Sector Information Directive Slide 5/10 5

physical habitats first physical habitat mapping of EU waters using consistent classification already being used in assessment for Marine Framework Strategy Directive

Lessons learned biology Combining surveys to determine abundance or diversity very challenging chemistry Difficult to interpolate in time and space. Standardisation and quality control still an issue geology Challenging but national geological surveys know what to do. Increasing interest in mineral resources might be an issue hydrography Need to move to higher resolution. physics Too early to tell physical habitats Already useful. Need complete coverage

a common architecture MARITIME AFFAIRS €3,050,000 observation and data collection application sea basin checkpoints archiving at national data centres thematic assembly groups €18,200.000 contribution of proposed financial regulation for maritime policy €22,500,000 for 2011-2013 Slide 8/10 8

what are priorities for observation? Sea-basin Checkpoints Integrated viewpoint of sea-basins Fitness for purpose of data identification of critical gaps priorities for monitoring Stakeholder opinion Contributions from existing organisations Regional Sea Convention Regional Advisory Councils for fisheries EuroGOOS 2011-2013 €3,050,000 North Sea Mediterranean Baltic

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