The Arctic region undergoes major pressures from climate variability. Its major manifestations are the increase in temperature and decrease in sea ice coverage and volume, with associated variability in ocean and atmosphere circulation. Warming and ice melting might also open up economic opportu...
The JRC explores the potentials of a satellite-derived index (the Ocean Productivity index for Fish - OPFish) at large scale to represent the production of high tropic level communities (fish) and its variability after currently observed climate change during the period 2003-2016 in the Arctic O...
This report details the preliminary study performed for the development of the feeding and breeding habitat of bluefin tuna (BFT) in the Mediterranean Sea derived from satellite remote sensing data. The related bibliography on BFT is synthesized in order to elaborate criterion for each habitat a...
This report provides a technical support (documentation) to the use of the habitat model of marine pelagic species. It describes in details the version 1 of the model. It includes data from two couples of satellite sensors for surface temperature and surface chlorophyll content to derive the hab...
The STECF review of scientific advice for 2014 Part 3 was drafted by the STECF-EWG 13-14 Expert Working Group held in Barza d’Ispra, Italy, from 14-18 October 2013. The Report was reviewed and adopted by the STECF at its 44th plenary session held in Brussels from 4-8 November 2013....
The "OXYgen depletion RISK index" ("OXYRISK") is a bio-physical indicator representing the temporal and spatial distribution of potential hypoxia in shallow marine ecosystems. Version 2.0 of the OXYRISK program has been developed and is now available. The major improvements since V1.0 are the en...
The STECF meeting of the SGMOS-10-03 Working Group on the Development of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) in European Seas was drafted by the STECF-SGMOS 10-03 Working Group held in Rennes, France from 6-10 September 2010. The Report was reviewed and adopted by the STECF at ...
This report is a prospective document which aims at showing the potentials of marine productivity and fish habitat monitoring to support the EU Integrated Maritime Policies. The main proxy for marine productivity relies on the daily tracking of productive frontal systems of the surface ocean (ch...
The STECF review of scientific advice for 2012 Part 3 was drafted by the STECF-EWG 11-17 Working Group held in Ancona, taly from 17-21 October 2011. The Report was reviewed and adopted by the STECF at its 38th plenary session held in Brussels from 7-11 November 2011....
