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.

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.

Specification of the desirable and recommended products attributes for generating spatial layers of sea surface temperature for the last 10, 50 and 100 years for the Mediterranean basin and for each NUTS3 region along the coast.

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

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

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

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)

Combination MPAs and monitoring stations for biodiversity elements

Proposed regional conservation areas in the Mediterranean