to deliver maps showing the extent of the trawling fishing grounds for identifying the changes in level of disturbance over the past ten years and identifying the gaps of fishing vessels’ tracking systems in the Mediterranean Sea

Maps of Chlorophyll concentration seasonal climatologies (i.e., Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall) over the Mediterranean Sea relative to the period 1998-2009.

Med protection initiatives (management and conservation areas)

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.

Monthly time series of Water Discharge (Qw) [m3/s] from in situ and model data

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.

Seasonal trends of the eutrophication index (TRIX) in the Mediterranean Sea for the past 10 years.

Combination MPAs and monitoring stations for biodiversity elements

Description of de desirable and recomended attributes for generating time-series of sea surface annual average temperature for the last 10, 50 and 100 yrs for the Mediterranean basin and for each NUTS region along the coast.

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