E-mail: office@izor.hr ; Http:// izor.hr

1. HAZADR Cick-off meeting January 21-22, 2013 - Bari, Italy INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES – SPLIT, CROATIA E-mail: office@izor.hr; Http://www.izor.hr

2. IOF Key facts: • Governmental scientific institution • Main Croatian institute for marine research • Founded 1930, 101 employees, 58 scientists • Multidisciplinary research: physical, chemical bilogy, fisheries, acquaculture; monitoring, expertise, education) • IODE Designated national agency (NODC) • Library - National depositary centre for IOC • National representatives for IOC and IODE, HAB ... • FAO designated national agency • National referral centre for marine indicators (EEA) • Member of ESF Marine board, MON • FP7 projects related RT/NRT data collecting and governance: SEADATANET-II, PERSEUS, EUROFLEET-II ...

3. ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE • Research • Monitoring • Expertise • Education • Research: • Physical oceanography • Chemical oceanography • Biology • Fisheries • Aquaculture • Marine ecology • Geology • Education: • Undergraduate and postgraduate courses: • Marine ecology • Marine fisheries PHD course: • Marine sciences • Monitoring: • Long term research at the Palagruza sill (since 1948) • Coastal monitoring program (1976-2011) • National oceanographic program (1988-2010) • Jadran project (2007-2009) • ------ • Expertise • Impact of human activities on marine ecology • Management of marine resources • Sustainable development in coastal regions, etc.

4. Selected research topics • Eutrophication provoked by acquaculture • Research: Management of biological resources and protection of biodiversity • Unusual phenomena threatening human health,tourism and fisheries • Impact of anthropogenic activities on theCroatiancoastal sea • Pelagic, demersal and coastal resources of the Adriatic Sea • Primary production in the coastal and open sea of Eastern Adriatic • Problem of shellfish toxicity and toxic phytoplankton species • Water mass dynamic • Air - sea interaction • Marine climatology • Unusual physical fenommena

5. National: • Institutes • Agencies • Universities • Enterprises • Counties • Municipalities • Private sector Cooperation • International • FAO • IOC (UNESCO) • CIESM • EU • Italy • France • USA • Norway • Spain • Greece • Slovenia • Montenegro • Germany • Projects (since 2000) • ADRIAMED • MEDITS • DOLCEVITA • EACE • ITHACA • ADRICIOSM • ADRICOSM EXT • PELMON • DEMON • SESAME • MAMA • AIA • MEDAR-MEDATLAS • SEA-SEARCH • SEADATANET • NASCUM • HAB • PERSEUS • PHARE (BTM) • EUROFLLET • EMODNET CHEM. • etc. Projects: more than 1200 projects and expertises related aquaculture, fisheries, marine dynamics, assessment of marine ecology,... • Main Croatian marine research Institute • Designated national agency (IOC-UNESCO) • Focal point for FAO • Nationl refrral centre for marine (EEA, AZO)

6. Facilitiy New research vessel “BIOS II” Lenght - 36,60 m Width - 8,05 m Gross tonage - 400 Brt Engine - 1200 kW Max.speed - 13 knots Autonomy of the sea-20 days Crew members - 6 Scientists - 17 Http://www.izor.hr/ship/bios • Computer centre • Library • Acta adriatica (sci journal)

7. FTP, WEB servers • MEDAS DBASE SERVER (Linux) • SERVER FOR DATA AQUISITION FROM AUTOMATIC MEASURING STATIONS(BUOYS, COASTAL STATIONS, HF-RADARS, SHIPS (Win 2K server) • WIRELES: GSM, GRPS, UMTS and WiFI communications, VF Oceanographic information centre (OIC) • ORACLE DB-10e RDBMS • Geoserver

8. SIPAM – AQUACULTURA • INSTITUTIONS • PRODUCTIONS • IMORT- EXPORT • MARKETING • LEGISLATIONS • PUBLICATIONS • EXPERTS AZO-EEA T,S,Chla, Nutrients, Heavy metals, pesticides Croatian beaches • INTERFACES • GIS LAYERS • EXCHANGEFORMATS • LIBRARY • ON-LINE CATALOGUE • PAPERS • PUBLICATIONS • AUTHORS • ACTA ADRIATICA - • Journal EXTENDED CSR • MARINE PHYSICS • SEA LEVEL • WAVES • SEA CURRENTS • C,T,TURBIDITY • METEOROLOGY • CLASSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY • REMOTE SENSING • OPTICS • MARINE CHEMISTRY • NUTRIENTS • HEAVY METALS • P A T • P A H • OXYGEN, PH • SUSPENDED MATTERS Real time data MEDAS DATABASE • FISHERIES • COASTAL FISHERIES • PELAGIC FISHERIES • DEMERSAL FISHERIES • EGGS,LARVES, JUVENILS • FISHERY STATISTICS • MARINE BIOLOGY • ZOOPLANCTON • ZOOBENTHOS • PHYTOPLANCTON • MICROBIOLOGY • BASIC LAYERS • COASTAL LINE • BATHYMETRY • SUBMARINE CABLES • WRECKS … Marine environmental database of the Adriatic Sea (MEDAS)

9. Real time measuring systems • Elecronics and accessory • Processor • GPS, GSM ,VHF, WiFi • light • Buoy orientation compass • Solar panels • Wind generator • Power cell • Battery • Meteo sensors: • Vaisala VTX 100 • Aanderaa set of sensors Waverider TRIAX Oceanographic sensors & instruments One or three points anchoring • Temperature • Salinity • Oxygen • Turbidity • Chlorphyl_a • Current measurements: • Nortek Profiler • RDI 300 Monitor

10. High precision air pressure monitoring by microbarographs (prediction of meteocunamies) http://www.izor.hr/barograph/

11. MARINE ENVIRONMENT INDICATORS –added products (Croatian Environmental agency) Web-GIS presentation http://www.izor.hr/azo

12. SEA BATHING WATER QUALITY IN CROATIA (For Ministry for enviromental protection) http://www.izor.hr/bathing

13. AREG - 2 km Whole Adriatic • Models: • Z • POM • ROMS NUMERICAL MODELING NESTING APPROACH AKBAY 100 m Kaštela Bay AS-250m Area Pelješac-Vis- Drvenik

14. HF RADARS and online data in real time • North Adriatic Surface CUrrent Mapping (Interreg Project in collaboration with OGS and NCR-Venice) • Measuring of the Marine Coastal Current of the North Adriatic by HF Radars (two sites at the west cost of Istra-North Adriatic) http://www.izor.hr/nascum/

15. IOF Participation in HAZADR Islands Brac & Vis • Seat up HF radars in Croatian central part of the Adriatic Sea • Transmission data in real-time to database, data validation and dissemination via WEB pages • Production of added values (output results)