Acronym SkyFISH
Category
Aquaculture
Title Service for water quality monitoring for sustainable fishing in Romanian Coastal area Project Programme International Cooperation
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source Other Coordinator Stefan Constantinescu Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2017 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 176,067 Website https://maritime-spatial-planning.ec.europa.eu/projects/service-water-quality-monitoring-sustainable-fishing-romanian-coastal-area-project Summary "The SkyFISH platform is a dedicated web-based service that can be used by the end-users as a decision support tool for finding the most favourable fishing zones or analyze the suitability of specific areas for aquaculture activities and monitoring of the existing ones. It takes full advantage of the multiple Earth Observation resources available through Copernicus Marine Service concerning essential oceanographic parameters.
SkyFISH stands for ""Service for water quality monitoring for sustainable fishing and aquaculture in the Romanian Coastal area"".
All datasets are updated daily, thus users have access to the most up-to-date products at any momment. Exception is the mussels suitability index, which is based on long-term analysis datasest and which is updated irregularly.
Earth Observation data can be used to identify Potential Fishing Zones (PFZ) allowing fishermen to work in a more efficient way. Satellite data can also offer solutions to examine environmental issues, by measuring the most important parameters of the ecosystem that are highly related with distribution of marine resources. The main objective of the SkyFISH service is to offer a user-friendly collaborative platform based mainly on satellite derived information, suitable for identification of the most favourable fishing and aquaculture areas in Romanian coastal waters.
Challenges and Issues to be overcome by the service:
- Small productions due to low efficiency of fishing operations;
- No other available information regarding the spatial distribution of suitability conditions for aquaculture;
- The presence of areas with high concentrations of fish is seasonal;
- Spatial distribution of zones with high fish resources;
- The outdated technology.
SkyFISH was developed and is maintained by TERRASIGNA. The National Institute for Marine Research and Development ""Grigore Antipa"" contributed with expertise in terms of fisheries and aquaculture."
Keywords
Shellfish;
Aquaculture management;
Aquaculture development;
Spatial planning;
Open sea aquaculture;
Mollusc;
Fisheries management;
Fish;
Bivalve;
Fisheries development;
Marine Region
59
Black Sea (GSA 29)
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Marine Region Map
