The objective of this tender is to examine the current data collection, observation and data assembly programmes in the Meditterranean Sea, identify gaps and to evaluate how they can be optimised.

In order to assess the connectivity oceanographic data will be used. A shape map will be created combining data on MPAs adequacy and distribution of MPAs and temperature, currents seasonal GIS layers (The temperature and currents are INGV climatological products made available to CH2.

Proposed regional conservation areas in the Mediterranean

to deliver maps showing the extent of the trawling fishing grounds for identifying the areas which are most disturbed by bottom trawling over the past ten years and identifying the gaps of fishing vessels’ tracking systems in the Mediterranean Sea

Specification of the desirable and recommended product attributes for generating time series of average annual sea-level rise for the last 50 and 100 yrs.

Specifications of the desirable and recommended product attributes for generating spatial layers of sea level trend for the last 10 years for the Mediterranean basin and for each NUTS3 region along the coast.

Specification of the desirable and recommended product attributes for generating time series of average annual sea temperature at mid-water and sea bottom for the last 10 yrs.

Annual time series of Total Phosphorous/Phosphates [mg/l] from in situ and model data

Combination of bathymetry, light, MPAs, Natura sites, seagrass distributions, Coralligenous formations, Mediterranean Cetaceans, Marine caves, Transitional water bodies

Suitability index of a wind farm in the NWMed concerning the environmental resources, the natural barriers, human activities, MPA and fisheries.