Acronym MAREMAP
Category
Fisheries
Title Investigating the feasibility of utilising AUV and Glider technology for mapping and monitoring of the UK MPA/MCZ network Programme National Programme
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 National Coordinator Russell Wynn Coordinator email rbw1@noc.soton.ac.uk
Coordinator institution
NERC-NOC - Natural Environment Research Council; National Oceanography Centre (United Kingdom)
Institutions involved
NA - Not available (Not available) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2013 Funding (€) € 474,522 Website NA Summary The project will initially establish the current and future capabilities of the Government-owned AUV and Glider fleet, and provide comparison with commercially available systems in the UK/EU and elsewhere. The spatial and temporal limits of AUV and Glider deployment in UK waters will then be investigated, including the effects of high tidal flow, turbulence and commercial shipping/fishing activity. The potential application of AUV and Glider technology to mapping of UK Overseas Territories will also be explored. Provision of several case studies from UK waters will allow comparison of the resolution, spatial extent, calibration/repeatability and quality of data collected with different survey methods, including deep- and shallow-water AUV and Glider deployments, and deep- and shallow-water boat-based mapping in a variety of environments. These case studies will come from locations in English and Scottish waters, including existing cSACs and rMCZs. It should be noted that existing case study data have been collected by NERC at a total cost of >£2M (including £1M in summer 2011), therefore providing significant added value to this project. Finally, the project will explore the cost-benefit, advantages/disadvantages and operational risks of different survey methods, e.g. cost/time per unit area, data handling requirements etc. A series of conclusions and recommendations will be provided, e.g. the potential for proof-of-concept case studies in the future, such as integrated bio-physical AUV/Glider surveys incorporating new acoustic sensors.
Keywords
Fish habitat;
Habitat mapping;
Monitoring;
MPA;
Acoustic survey;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
26
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland (27.VIa)
9
Western English Channel (27.VIIe)
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
10
Celtic Sea North (27.VIIg)
7
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
4
Eastern English Channel (27.VIId)
6
Central North Sea (27.IVb)
8
Marine Region Map
