The twelve projects that are part of the “Ocean of Tomorrow” call from the European Commission have just published a newsletter detailing partial results for the ongoing projects. The aim of the call is to combine the efforts of various interested parties from a broad range of sectors in order to develop innovative marine technology for a wide variety of applications. The call contained four themes covering three key areas: marine detection technologies (including biosensors) for monitoring the marine environment; innovative anti-fouling materials for maritime applications; and new transport and deployment systems for the marine wind energy sector.
PLOCAN has become a partner organisation of the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet), a long-term initiative of the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission whose objectives include increasing the productivity of all tasks related to the collection and management of marine data, promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty with regards to marine matters.
EMODnet is composed of a network of organisations that work together to collect marine data, data products and meta-data from various sources in Europe in a uniform manner, making them available via the internet in order to stimulate investment in sustainable coastal and open-ocean activities through improved access to marine data that has been standardised and harmonised in accordance with pre-established quality standards.