SISdATA - System to Increase Security / Sustainability in the domain of Atlantic Traditional Aquaculture

Objetivo temático: SISdATA aims at increasing security, sustainability and resilience of aquaculture in the Atlantic Area through a high-quality information platform. AA operating models will be downscaled to estuary and farm scales, considering earth observation, remote sensing, data science tools, and CFD models, integrated in the platform to serve aquaculture economy and other estuary and coastal stakeholders, optimising the use of resources and enhancing resilience against extreme weather events

Síntese do Projeto: SISdATA will create a new information system to support aquaculture across the Atlantic Area (AA). The system will be based on a platform already in use but that fails to predict specific flow conditions in and nearby aquaculture farms. The new platform will be fed by existing and available information, such as satellite data and local water quality sensors, and enriched with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, biochemical models and data-driven approaches, thus linking phenomena at different scales. This new platform will be developed and tested for different case studies across AA, providing valuable information for optimal and sustainable operation of aquaculture farms, including resilience against extreme weather and water pollution events. The ultimate goal is to push up the blue economy, including aquaculture itself and related services that also depend on water quality in estuaries and coastal areas (e.g., tourism, water sports).

Área de intervenção: 1 - Blue innovation and competitiveness

Investigador Responsável na UC: Maria Rita Lacerda Morgado Fernandes de Carvalho Mesquita David

Unidade Orgânica UC: FCTUC/DEC

Instituições participantes no Projeto:

Coordenador:

Universidade de Coimbra

Parceiros:

Universidad de Coruña (Spain)

Université de Rouen Normandie (France)

University College Dublin (Ireland)

Instituição Financiadora/Gestora: Comissão Europeia - Interreg Atlantic Area

Programa de Financiamento: 1ª Convocatória Interreg Atlantic Area

Período de execução: 01/01/2024 a 31/12/2026 (36 meses)

Custo total elegível (EUR): 1 217 029,86 €

Apoio financeiro da UE: 552 275,88 €

Técnico do Projeto: Kayleigh Mikaela Rodrigues | kayleigh.rodrigues@uc.pt

Contacto: 239247016 (210016)