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

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

3. 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

4. adopted 8 September 2010 4

5. 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
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6. physical habitats
first physical habitat mapping of EU waters using consistent classification
already being used in assessment for Marine Framework Strategy Directive

7. 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

8. 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,
contribution of proposed financial regulation for maritime policy
€22,500,000 for
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9. 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
€3,050,000
North Sea
Mediterranean
Baltic

10. more information http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/index_en.html