Main research questionThe ECOSCOPE project aims at improved fisheries management that balances a healthy marine ecosystem with sustainable fisheries. This requires a lot of diverse, accurate and up-to-date data that can be interpreted in a clear way by fishermen.
Ecosystem based management for sustainable fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems
European marine observation and data network enters fourth phase
EMODNET (European Marine Observation and Data Network) aims to make marine data accessible to researchers, governments and private companies according to international standards. In phase IV of the EMODNET process, continuity is provided in the expansion and maintenance of the portal.
Memoirs on the marine environment - Annual report 2022 KBIN
Symposium on Marine Carbon Sequestration
Griet Neukermans, Ghent University 10:30 Break 11:00 Open ocean carbon: marine geoengineeringOcean fertilisation. Christine Klaas, Alfred Wegener InstitutOcean alkalinisation. Filip Meysman, Antwerp University 11:30 Marine bioenergy with carbon capture and storageSeaweed cultivation. Olivier De Clerck, Ghent UniversityShellfish aquaculture.
EMBRC-BE and ILVO organize a Symposium on Marine Carbon Sequestration to assess the opportunities of oceans, seas and estuaries in reducing the causes and consequences of climate change, globally and locally.
Symposium on Marine Carbon Sequestration
Griet Neukermans, Ghent University10:30 Break 11:00 Open ocean carbon: marine geoengineeringOcean fertilisation. Christine Klaas, Alfred Wegener InstitutOcean alkalinisation. Filip Meysman, Antwerp University11:30 Marine bioenergy with carbon capture and storageSeaweed cultivation. Olivier De Clerck, Ghent UniversityShellfish aquaculture.
During the morning session, both national and international speakers will present topics, including: negative emission technologies for ocean-based climate mitigation; open ocean biological carbon pumps; restoration and conservation of natural ecosystems; marine bioenergy with carbon capture and storage; and marine geoengineering.
We investigate to which extent the extraction of sand and other aggregates have an impact on the benthic ecosystem in and around the four current concession areas as compared with a few reference zones.Relevance/ValorizationCurrently, circa 2 million m³ of marine aggregates are yearly extracted from the BPNS.
Effects of aggregate extraction on the sea floor and the marine benthic life
Offshore wind farms and the marine ecosystem: 10 years of monitoring
During the past decade, scientists have monitored their impact on the marine environment.
This covers several aspects: Monitoring of the biological and chemical quality of the marine environment and habitat.Determination of contaminants within the framework of fisheries-related environmental management.Composition and product quality of fishComposition of fisheries and aquaculture products.Accurate and reliable analyses are extremely important
Marine Related Analyses (ANIMALAB)
Knowledge of marine connectivity is essential to support a sustainable blue economy
Sustainable management of marine ecosystems is essential, but for this, knowledge about the functioning and connectivity between habitats and various ecosystem components is still insufficient. This is the goal of the new COST network initiative SEA-UNICORN.