EMODnet Seabed Habitats took part in the Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping (GEOHAB) 2025 Conference, held from 12–16 May in Key West, Florida. This long-standing international gathering brought together over 150 global experts in marine geology, biology, and spatial analysis to exchange knowledge on benthic habitats and sustainable ocean management. EMODnet contributed to discussions with a talk on EUSeaMap development in the Caribbean and a poster on coastal wetlands, sharing insights on enhancing data discovery and collaboration in support of marine policy and climate resilience.

Collaboration between Edge Hill University (EHU) and EMODnet Geology has enhanced understanding of coastal hazards, paving the way for sustainable coastal management in Europe. The collaboration, involving EHU student interns and an international team of experts, has developed the new EMODnet Geology coastal resilience/vulnerability map. The students used their digital mapping and data analyses skills to produce the map that underpins the data product. EMODnet Geology has provided valuable work experience, in an international setting, helping to train the next generation of geospatial analysts.

On April 7-8, 2025, the EMODnet Steering Committee held its 22nd meeting online. The open session included key updates on EMODnet’s 2025 initiatives, such as global and European partnerships, and updates to the Portal and from the EMODnet thematics. The closed session focused on targeted discussions on operational plans, including communication and user and stakeholder engagement.

Map of the Week – European Maritime Day This map shows the venues for the European Maritime Day (EMD) stakeholder conference over the years since its launch. EMD is the annual European Union meeting point on maritime affairs and sustainable blue growth.

This map shows an overview of the European Maritime Day in my Country 2025 local events in different countries across Europe.

The EMODnet service is proud to announce that its Data Ingestion service has been integrated into the EMODnet Portal! The migration of this EMODnet component to the Europa domain is a major milestone for EMODnet, with Ingestion joining the seven thematics in the EMODnet one-stop data and services portal. The core functionalities of EMODnet Data Ingestion services remain the same but are now combined and integrated with the other EMODnet services, making it even easier for potential data providers to find the Ingestion service for sharing data with EMODnet and for the marine community to browse and access ingested datasets.

DIVAnd is a software tool designed for gridding oceanographic in situ measurements. It is now widely used within the oceanographic community and across several European projects. As part of EMODnet Biology, the University of Liège developed guidance on how to call DIVAnd (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis in n dimensions) from within the R programming environment. To demonstrate the tool’s capabilities, a seabird distribution interpolation product was also created.

This map shows the list of Mission Actions updated to 2025, showcasing the joint efforts to achieve the objectives of the European Union Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ by 2030.

Bottom trawl fisheries are recognised to be a global threat to marine biodiversity and an important driver of sea floor ecosystem change. We provide a toolbox that enables the prediction of trawling impact on benthic organism densities, and to assess the species’ vulnerability to trawling.

This map shows information regarding the overall employment in the main established blue economy sectors in the European Union, per Member State.