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European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)

The Arctic Checkpoint was a sea basin monitoring system assessment activity aiming to support sustainable growth in the blue economy by assessing the potential of current marine observation and data services to address targeted end-user applications in the Arctic. The project ran from 2015-2018.

The objective of the project was to examine the data collection, observation, surveying, sampling and data assembly programmes in the Arctic Sea basin, analyse how they can be optimised and deliver the findings through this internet portal.

The Arctic Ocean includes the following water bodies: Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies.

The project was composed of the following phases:

  • a literature review containing an overview of the available information on the Arctic
  • an adequacy check of the data and databases assessing how well all available marine data meets the needs of users
  • data analysis for a number of specific challenges
  • development of a web portal to disseminate all results and provide an overview of available information
  • the set-up and management of an expert panel that reviews the progress and results and formulated an advice to the EC and coastal Member States
  • the organisation of a stakeholder workshop that presented the results of the project and improved the quality based on likely feedback

 

Consortium

The EMODnet Arctic checkpoint project was run by these partners:

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Arcadis
The Netherlands 
Canada
USA
www.arcadis.com

 

Wageningen Marine Research

 

Wageningen Marine Research
Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies
The Netherlands
www.wur.nl/marine-research

 

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SINTEF
Norway
www.sintef.no

 

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Mariene Informatie Service BV (MARIS)
The Netherlands
www.maris.nl