Marine Knowledge

2020

space data €400 million per year

in-situ data > €1 billion per year

cost of ocean observation in EU

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MARITIMEAFFAIRS 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.

what is it?

it is a network of 112 organisations

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tree of knowledge

geology

tree of marine knowledge

chemistrybiology

physicshabitats

human activity

public authorities

researchers civil society

industry

users

data

•access to data held by Member States•and to map layers across sea-basins

Should an internet portal similar to those for EMODnet be set up to provide access to fisheries data held by Member States,

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civil society

public bodies

private sector

researchers

Should data provided by private companies for licensing purposes be made publicly available?

• Not geophysical surveys

• Detrimental for safety?

civil society

public bodies

private sector

researchers

Should licenced offshore private sector actors be obliged to contribute to wider monitoring of the sea where this is feasible?

civil society

public bodies

private sector

researchers

• the industry (..) remains positive (..) if sampling from existing structures can help realising that and if it does not interfere with the function and operation of the structures

benefits

1.reduce operational costs and delays:• help private industry; • improve the quality of public decision-making at all levels;• strengthen marine scientific research.• Allows participation of civil society

2. increase competition and innovation;3.reduce uncertainty in knowledge of

the seas and oceans.

Approximately

€300 million

per year

study n

earing

completion

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Phase 1 – limited sea basins

Phase 2 - low resolutionPhase 3 - multi-resolution

prototype method

•phase 2 underway•now looking at phase 3

follow-up of Green Paper

• Impact Assessment to evaluate options for:• helping Member States fix priorities for

surveying, observation and processing;• further coordination between the different

EU financial instruments and policies concerned with better access to marine data;• EMODnet, Data Collection in Fisheries, Copernicus

• more involvement of the private sector;

Vision for 2020

• A seamless multi-resolution digital seabed map of European waters by 2020. • highest resolution possible in areas that have been surveyed; • free of restrictions on use;• topography, geology, habitats and ecosystems;• accompanied by timely information on

• physical, chemical and biological state of the overlying water column

• oceanographic forecasts;

• together with a process that helps Member States maximise the potential of their marine observation programmes

questions?