Sea-Search Regional Meeting May 15-18, 2003, Istanbul

1. Sea-Search Regional Meeting May 15-18, 2003, Istanbul

2. Participants: 23 from 16 countries • Peter Davis MARIS NETHERLANDS •  Dick Schaap MARIS NETHERLANDS •  Catherine Maillard IFREMER FRANCE •  Efstathios Balopoulos IO/NCMR GREECE •  Alessandra Giorgetti OGS ITALY •  Isaac Gertman IOLR ISRAEL •  Yan Tsehtik IOLR ISRAEL •  Vlado Dadic IOF CROATIA •  Atanas Palazov IO-BAS BULGARIA •  Snejana Moncheva IO-BAS BULGARIA •  Soukaina Zizah INRH MOROCCO •  Aldo Drago IOI-MOC MALTA •  Giuseppe Manzella ENEA ITALY •  Demetrio De Armas IEO SPAIN •  Kakhaber Bilashvili DIVA GEORGIA •  Zurab Savaneli DIVA GEORGIA •  Taco De Bruin NL-NODC NETHERLANDS • Siegrid Jans MUMM-BMDC BELGIUM •  Tamara Shiganova SIO-MoscowRUSSIA •  Şükrü Beşiktepe IMS-METU TURKEY •  Mustafa Ozyalvaç TN-DNHO TURKEY •  Alexey Khaliulin MHI UKRAINE •  Evgeny Godin MHI UKRAINE Missing/excused: Cyprus, Romania

3. AGENDA 1) New partners presentations 2) Review of the list of tasks defined in the kick off • - Benchmarks of ROSCOP, EDMED, EDMERP • - websites • - poster & promotion 3) Discussion & List of actions - annual report and cost statements

4. NEW PARTICIPANTS • Represent new centralised multidisciplinary data management activities in the main marine institute of their countries • Data are collected from research vessels and quasi-permanent coastal stations • In addition to physical and chemical oceanography, biology and geology-geophysics are frequently managed; access to remote sensing data is provided over areas of interest • Participate to several national and international projects

5. BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCESINSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE ( IO-ODC) 2003 established in June 27, 2002 (CESUM-BS Project initiative) • Hydrophysical data • Hydrochemical data [water sample (CTD rosette bottles and Nansen bottles) analyses] • Geophysical data • Hydrodynamics and lithodynamics data • Geological and geomorphologic data: • Biological data

6. P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Russian Academy of Sciences Established in 1946, it is one of the largest research institute in Russia. It is multi-profiles institute studied sciences connected with problems of the World Ocean and seas. There are three branches: in Sant-Peterburg's branch (Sant-Peterburg), Atlantic branch (Kaliningrad) and Southern branch (Gelendzhik). Analyzes of interannual and climatic variability of the hydrophysical, hydrochemical and biological parameters, processes in ecosystems, and monitoring of complex investigations of the Black, Azov, Caspian Seas and Artic Seas to predict their state.

7. MARINE HYDPOPHISICAL INSTITUTE of UKRAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE INFORMATION SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGIES created in 1993. http://www.mhi.iuf.net

8. A large part of the data holding consists in repeated stations 5 are still maintained, present difficulties of maintenace for the others GEORGIA Black Sea Observation Point Hydrochemical Station Hydrochemical and Granulometric Observation Points Atmospheric Observation Point Radioactive (atmospheric) pollution point

9. TURKEY • A National Oceanographic Data Management Committee (NODMC) of 10 main national marine institutes has been formed to establish National Oceanographic Information Centers (NOICs) and a NODC • The NODC detains multidisciplinary data (60 variables) collected since 1954 in the Black Sea and East Mediterranean; it includes 13 permanent coastal stations • A web interface to submit data request is provided: www.ims.metu.edu.tr/inventory

10. The ISRAEL NODC was established in 2001 I provides on line data access (MEDACC) and services for projects such as interactive map included in the Web interface of the MedGLOSS information systemwww.medgloss.ocean.org.il/imdc

11. Lunch Break in Ortakoy restaurant

12. SEA-SEARCH REGIONAL MEETING Istambul 15-17 May, 2003 by Vlado Dadić E-mail: dadic@izor.hr INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES (IOF) Damjana Jude 12, 20000 Dubrovnik Šetaliste Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split; URL: www.izor.hr

13. ITALY by Alessandra Giorgetti and Renzo Mosetti NOGS has been notified as National Oceanographic Data Centre for Italy within the International Oceanographic Data Exchange (IODE) system of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) since June 2002. ational Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics – OGS is a public research institute, sponsored by Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MURST), active in the major geophysical research fields of seismic prospecting, seismology, oceanography and environmental geophysics. http://nodc.ogs.trieste.it/

14. Physical Oceanography Unit IOI-Malta Operational Centre University of Malta http://www.capemalta.net Cruises and coastal stations, including GLOSS Important involvement Med GOOS

15. INRH created on July29, 1996 • Fisheries Resources assessment and Follow-up • Marine and Coastal Ecosytem study • Monitoring of the quality of the marine environment and its healthiness MOROCCAN MARINE DATA MANAGEMENT National Institute of Fisheries Research

16. Middle East University Dinner

17. Closure of the scientific meeting in front of the Bosphorus bridge

18. Team Building Event in front of the Blue Mosque

19. Bargain Coins in Grand Bazard

20. Spices & sweeties in Egyptian Bazard