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Raising Awareness for Ocean Observations in Morocco

Raising Awareness for Ocean Observations in Morocco. Maria Snoussi Mohamed V University Faculty of Sciences, Rabat snoussi@fsr.ac.ma. Has the Awareness for Ocean Observations raised in Morocco?. Users?. Decision makers?. Scientists?. NGOs?. Awareness Meeting. Rabat MedGOOS Workshop

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Raising Awareness for Ocean Observations in Morocco

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  1. Raising Awareness for Ocean Observations in Morocco Maria Snoussi Mohamed V University Faculty of Sciences, Rabat snoussi@fsr.ac.ma

  2. Has the Awareness for Ocean Observations raised in Morocco? Users? Decision makers? Scientists? NGOs?

  3. Awareness Meeting • Rabat MedGOOS Workshop • (1999) • All the steakholders • Scientists • NGOs

  4. What Have been achieved? What are the ongoing or planned projects?

  5. Monitoring the quality of waters bathing • 325 sampling stations • 86 beaches

  6. Monitoring the quality of waters bathing Yearly Publications of the micro-biological quality of the bathing waters.

  7. 2004

  8. System of Positionning and monitoring fishing boats by satellite

  9. Gendarmerie Royale Liaison spécialisée passant par Londres Liaison spécialisée Marine Royale Ministère des Pêches Maritimes X25 Centre de commandement Zone Sud

  10. Benefits from this project • Rapid intervention for rescue • Watching navigation in national waters (Pyracy, security, etc.) • Improving Management of fishery efforts • Strengthening life safety at sea, etc. • Its un automatic system (GPS & Inmarsat satellite) • Real-time information on the fishing fleet • Optimization of the use of patrol aircrafs and ships • Provide services for the marine professionals. Possibility to add in the futur more sensors for monitoring other physico-chemical parameters.

  11. Situation of Tide gauges implementation? • 4 at the Atlantic coast and 2 at the Mediterranean side. • in 2005, Probably one more in Atlantic within the Odinafrica III project (GOOS WP), and one in the Mediterranean with the CIESM support. • Still not fully operational • Absence of coordination between different operators • Data still not free accessible

  12. Networks • Network of the Littoral Healthiness Watching (at 7 coastal stations : INRH) • Med Pol Network (DE) • National Plan for Combatting Accidental Marine Pollution (DE) • Ports Monitoring & Dredging Programs for Navigation Safety (DPDPM).

  13. Exchange of information through the Internet www.cndio-maroc.org National Oceanographic Data and Information Centre (ODINAFRICA Project) http://www.chm.ma/home/index.htm Clearing House for Biodiversity Information

  14. Conclusion Even we have not completely benefit from all MAMA WPs, due to internal problems (funds, visa, etc.) we have succeded in strengthening awareness of decision makers on the benefits of Operational Oceanography. This constitute an important step to force Ocean Observations in their agenda.

  15. More than the Scientific Networking, the added value of MAMA is also the nice links «tissés » between all of us! Thank you Silvana, Aldo and all the WP leaders for your efforts Thanks EU Thanks everybody!

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