In September 2026, the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Lead Partner of the Interreg Italy–Slovenia BioTiles (Safeguarding and Enhancing the Resilience of Lagoon Ecosystems to Climate Change) project, organised a training session on marine data management and curation, promoting EMODnet Biology approaches and standards. The event highlighted cooperation between EU-funded initiatives working to improve access to biodiversity data and support cross-border lagoon…
A new version of the OceanTeacher Global Academy course "Contributing datasets to EMODnet Biology" is now open. The content was fully reviewed and brought up to date with current EMODnet Biology workflows and standards. Two new chapters were added: one on DNA-derived (omics) data and one on absence data. The section on seabed habitat data was also improved. The course is free, self-paced and aimed at anyone who wants to publish marine biodiversity data through EMODnet Biology.
During the meeting of the EMODnet Chemistry Project Full Group, held on 22 September 2026, the results of the satisfaction survey – designed to collect feedback from participants in the latest EMODnet Chemistry training course – were presented. How helpful and how difficult was the course? Which topics are missing or should be covered in more detail? How can we improve the tools used to manage the data sets? The answers to these questions will greatly help the training organisers to plan the…
In August 2026, EMODnet Biology completed its latest data harvest, bringing in 32 new and updated marine biodiversity datasets and more than 576,000 occurrence records. The data span a wide range of topics, from subtidal macroalgae monitoring in the Azores to Mediterranean fish-diet studies and environmental DNA surveys. The same data will also become available through OBIS, GBIF and EDITO as part of the established data flows.
Demersal fisheries are a major contributor to global food supply, but also significantly affect marine ecosystem functioning. Physical contact of fishing gear with the seabed induces many changes to the sediment, including a direct mortality of benthic organisms (Sciberras et al. 2018). Understanding the effect of bottom trawling on benthic life is a necessary step towards a correct assessment of fisheries impact and may aid fisheries management.
A fishing impact model was applied to benthic…
During summer 2026, EMODnet Data Ingestion (DI) kicked off a new phase, with an updated consortium of organisations and experts, led by the CMCC, Italy. This delivers continuity of the existing service, together with strategic evolution of EMODnet’s data ingestion service building on the EMODnet Vision 2035.
EMODnet is pleased to welcome İzmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) and DIVR as new EMODnet Associated Partners, strengthening the network's engagement with both marine citizen science and marine research communities.
