Fisheries and Aquaculture
The Fisheries and Aquaculture demonstrator is a new online tool that integrates data from Copernicus CMEMS and EMODnet to support Seaweed farming operations.
Credentials to access the tool
Username: demo4euspa@eomap.de
Password: eodata4EUSPA!
The tool has been designed taking into consideration the user requirements expressed by aquaculture companies such as Seaweed solutions.
Seaweed is processed in many different products ranging from food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals to biofuels. In Europe the seaweed market is on the rise and significant growth rates are expected up to 2030.
The tool is based on EO-based information describing the ecology and state of ocean. It allows to monitor critical water quality and ocean state parameters and identify seasonal and spatial patterns supporting operational decisions.
Near-realtime and retrospective data supply enable fast overview and keeping the big picture for farm operations and expansions.
The Tool holds a large potential for helping the seaweed farmers to overcome their current challenges including cost of operations at Sea and Better Site Selection leading to decrease of production costs.
The Copernicus demonstrator Seaweed demonstrator is a tool that provides with data coming from Copernicus CMEMS and EMODnet a support to Seaweed farmers to locate new potential farms and manage some operational aspects like time-to-seed, time-to-harvest and alerts.