Marine Incidents Management Cluster MIMAC

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Marine Incidents Management Cluster (MIMAC)

• Research in the framework of the BELSPO
  Supporting Actions SPSDII (2004-2006)

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Marine Incidents Management Cluster (MIMAC)

• 2-years cluster project (2004-2006)
• Risk analysis of marine activities in the Belgian
  Part of the North Sea (RAMA)
• Development of an integrated database for the
  management of accidental spills (DIMAS)
• Website MIMAC http//www.vliz.be/projects/mimac/

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Objectives

• Optimization communication and interaction
• Avoid duplication overlap of efforts data
  generation
• Minimise gaps in knowledge by mutual exchange of
  information and data
• Integration of results data
• Increase visibility dissemination of results by
  international networking
• Create added value for the researchers end
  users
• Explore opportunities in future research

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Structured co-operation
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Knowledge gaps

• RAMA
• data on ecotoxicity for the selected substances
  in RAMA were not readily available
• data on fate of chemicals were not available.
• DIMAS
• data on transport were very limited
• data on distribution of chemicals were not
  available.
• MIMAC even after clustering the DIMAS and RAMA
  projects, some data gaps remained
• more information (modelling) is needed concerning
  fate and distribution of chemical spills on the
  North Sea current modelling efforts are solely
  focussed on oil spills
• for a number of substances, marine-specific
  ecotoxicity data are lacking so that
  extrapolations from freshwater data were needed.

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Knowledge gaps future opportunities

• RAMA
• data on ecotoxicity for the selected substances
  in RAMA were not readily available
• data on fate of chemicals were not available.
• DIMAS
• data on transport were very limited
• data on distribution of chemicals were not
  available.
• MIMAC even after clustering the DIMAS and RAMA
  projects, some data gaps remained
• more information (modelling) is needed concerning
  fate and distribution of chemical spills on the
  North Sea current modelling efforts are solely
  focussed on oil spills
• for a number of substances, marine-specific
  ecotoxicity data are lacking so that
  extrapolations from freshwater data were needed.

Future research possibilities
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International conference

• Optimization communication and interaction
• Avoid duplication overlap of efforts data
  generation
• Minimise gaps in knowledge by mutual exchange of
  information and data
• Integration of results data
• Increase visibility dissemination of results by
  international networking
• Create added value for the researchers end
  users
• Explore opportunities in future research