MarinERA

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MarinERA
Co-ordination of National and Regional Marine RTD
Activities in Europe
ERA-NET project Start date of project 1 November
2004
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Objectives in relation to the marine element of
the European Research Area (ERA)

• Map European RTD programmes and infrastructures
• Facilitate the networking of Marine RTD Funding
  Agencies
• Contribute to the development of a European
  Marine Research Policy
• Provide a basis for sharing available resources
• Progress the reciprocal opening of member states
  Marine RTD Programmes

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Background initiative ESF Marine Board position
paper Integrating Marine Science in Europe
Recommendations

• The need to improve the use of existing research
  instruments at national and European level
• The need to improve co-ordination of research
  infrastructure

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Establishment of a CONSORTIUM of 15 core partners
from 13 EU countries and the ESF-MB IFREMER
overall coordinator
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• Of relevance to ship operators
• WP- 1 Information exchange - 1.3 Mapping Marine
  RTD infrastructure Facilities - lead Ireland
• WP-2 Strategic activities - 2.4 Marine RTD
  infrastructure strategies - lead Spain
• WP-3 Joint activities - 3.3 Facilitating common
  access to existing marine RTD infrastructure and
  facilities - lead NL

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ORGANISATION
Of relevance to RV operators
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MIF Forum of Marine Infrastructure Managers
Individuals responsible for marine infrastructure
management within each of the associated
countries will be invited to convene within the
MIF. They will be supported to network their
priorities and requirements, and will be
encouraged, where appropriate, to develop
initiatives.
Creation of MIF underway First meeting scheduled
April 2005
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• OFWG (Ocean research Fleets Working Group)
  Objectives
• Description of existing fleets (over 35 m) and
  their management
• Propositions for an enhanced European ocean
  fleet and its management
• ? How to use the fleet more efficiently
• ? How to establish a common long-term
  investment strategy

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OFWG Meetings September 2003, January 2004,
June 2004 Liase with EFARO (European Fisheries
and Aquaculture Research Organisation) of the
European Union Draft report planned for October
2004 Next meeting 3 December 2004 More
information www.esf.org/marineboard
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OFWG
Participants homework
A1 Describe existing fleet (Update Von Spee
report) A2 Describe existing large instruments A3
Describe management process A4 Describe existing
partnerships B1 Propose enhanced means of using
the European fleet B2 Propose approaches to long
term investment strategies
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INVENTORY OF THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH FLEET

• EurOcean Portal OCEANIC
• Von Spee Report with update
• Other

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Netherlands 14 RVs
Source EurOcean 31 May 2004
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NETHERLANDS - 14 RVs (!!??) according to OCEANIC
and EurOcean of a total of 186 ships in Europe
Arca Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public
Works and Water Management, North Sea
Directorate Argus Meetinformatiedienst
Zeeland Delta Meetinformatiedienst Zeeland
Hr. Ms. Buyskes Hydrographic Service - Royal
Navy Isis Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and
Food Quality Luctor Netherlands Institute of
Ecology (NIOO-CEME) Navicula Nederlands
Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NlOZ) Pelagia
Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee
(NlOZ) Schollevaar Ministry of Agriculture,
Nature and Food Quality Stern Nederlands
Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NlOZ) Stern
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food
Quality Tridens Ministry of Agriculture,
Nature and Food Quality Tydeman Hydrographic
Service - Royal Navy Zirfaea North Sea
Directorate of Rijkswaterstaat
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EU ships over 35 m according to the Von Spee
report - update
A. V. HUMBOLDT exit Germany AEGAEO Greece ALKOR
Germany ARANDA Finland ARGOS Sweden BELGICA
A962 Belgium BEAUTEMPS BEAUPRE France CELTIC
EXPLORER Ireland CELTIC VOYAGER Ireland CHARLES
DARWIN UK CORNIDE DE SAAVEDRA Spain DANA Denmark
DISCOVERY UK DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN Norway ERNEST
SHACKLETON UK EXPLORA Italy New
G.O.SARS Norway GARCIA DEL CID Spain GAUSS Germ
any HAKON MOSBY Norway HEINCKE Germany
HESPERIDES Spain JAMES CLARK ROSS UK JAN
MAYEN Norway JOHAN HJORT Norway
L'ATALANTE France LE SUROIT France M.S.
MERIAN Germany MARION DUFRESNE France METEOR Ger
many MICHAEL SARS Norway NADIR
exit France PELAGIA Netherlands POLARSTERN Germ
any POSEIDON Germany POURQUOI PAS? France SONNE
Germany THALASSA France/Sp URANIA Italy VIZCO
NDE DE EZA Spain Total 38 ships
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Countries missing
Within EU Portugal, Poland - 7, 2 ships New
member states Romania - 1 ship EVA states
Iceland - 3 ships
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European Research Vessels over 30m
4/3
1/1
1
1/1
1
3
1
4/2
2
2
2/2
1
2/5
2/1
2/3
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Courtesy to Enric Banda EurOcean 2004
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Research Vessels over 30m in Europe total 48
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Margins 30-60m
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Deep blue gt 60m
Including a number of RVs for ICES stock
assessment
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Research Vessels within UNOLS Total 28 plus 3
USCG Icebreakers
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Margins 30-60m
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Deep blue gt 60m
Including 3 USCG Ice breakers and NOAA Ron Brown
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Problems to solve
Concern within European Governments about the
size of the European RV fleet
USA as an example but then solely UNOLS Fleet
28 versus 109?
What is needed
A balanced, more representative comparison
between the RV fleets, and an objective statement
on required ship-time capacity
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