Data and Scenarios for a Sustainable Mediterranean Blue Economy

General Information

MEDSEAPLAN will strengthen the Blue Economy of the Mediterranean region by implementing an Ecosystem Approach (EA), a strategic concept based in a coupled social and ecological systems view, which is used to plan and manage offshore energy production. MEDSEAPLAN will serve the existing and future data needs of regional maritime spatial planning (MSP), generating relevant data inputs and converting data into information useful to MSP planners.

In MEDSEAPLAN, Hereon will develop a cost-effective observational buoy to acquire oceanographic and biogeochemical data throughout the water column. This buoy will house a set of sensor-equipped probes which are raised and lowered through the water column by a winch, generating quasi-continuous vertical profiles. The measurement concept and the parameters to be obtained will be adapted to record and monitor the conditions in the Marmara Sea. Furthermore, the buoy will collect meteorological measurements of wind, air pressure and air temperature near to the sea surface (3 m height). In collaboration with the local project partners the buoy will be deployed at a pilot site in the Marmara Sea within the second year of the project. The measurements will be distributed in real time among project partners, and are primarily intended to monitor anthropogenic stressors like eutrophication and climate change.

MEDSEAPLAN is funded in the frame of the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) which constitutes a Horizon Europe co-funded Partnership of at present 60 Partner institutions in 25 countries and the European Commission with the overall aim to pool research and innovation investments and align national programs at pan-European scale.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP)
Project Type	SBEP project
Contract Number	03F0973A
Co-ordinator	WORLD OCEAN COUNCIL (FR)

Funding for the Project (€)	Funding for Hereon (€)
1,907,643	285,984

Contact Person at Hereon

Dr. Jochen Horstmann, Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Department of Ocean Surface Dynamics, KDD, Phone: +49 4152 87-1530 E-mail contact

Participants

Asociacion Centro Tecnologico Naval Y Del Mar (ES), Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University (TR), Bursa Technical University (TR), Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning (FR), Cohabys ADERA (FR), Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (FR), Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CY), Elkon - Electric System Integrator (TR), Institute for Sustainable Society and Innovation (IT), Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi (TR), Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MT), Ocean Ecostructures (ES), Universiteit of Twente (NL), World Ocean Council (FR)

Last Update: 08. August 2024