The Black Sea - Danube Association of Research Development (BDCA) is an independent non-profit organisation. It is an association of universities, consultancy, other organisations, and individuals involved in research, training, engineering and advisory activities in sustainable use of marine resources, coastal protection against flooding and erosion, harbour and coastal structures, environmental protection on the western Black Sea coast and lower Danube.
For 30 months, BDCA was in charge of the fishing port project "Quarantine", located in the Asparuhovo residential area, in Varna, Bulgaria. The project covered the modernisation and reconstruction of the existing fishing port with the construction of hydro-technical facilities in the water area and infrastructures with the necessary facilities. The aim was to provide an efficient, regulated, safe and hygienic landing, storage, first sale and shipping facility for catches. As part of the project, coastal bathymetry data was collected in August 2019.
The main challenge faced by IO-BAS as data ingestion ambassador was to convert the data from Projected Coordinate System to WGS84 before publication to EMODnet Bathymetry. IO-BAS provided full assistance throughout the entire submission process: The provider was trained on how to download data from EMODnet sites for the needs of his own projects and consultations. One member of the provider association, CORES Ltd., even became EMODnet Associated Partner.
