ISMO - Information System about the Marine Environment in the Gulf of Trieste

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Sustainable management in the Gulf of Trieste depends on familiarity with the Gulf and constant monitoring of the changes occurring there. This calls for continuous measurements in the environment according to the standardised method, the ongoing cross-border exchange of the relevant information and data, the processing and interpretation of observations and the continual informing of the public.

The Slovene and Italian research institutes have developed different systems for oceanographic monitoring of the sea in the Gulf of Trieste.Data are obtained either by measurements at oceanographic buoys, which enable constant monitoring, or by measurements during cruises over the predetermined routes. If all these environmental data were to be systematically arranged, this would accelerate the informing of the public and improve the co-ordination of cross-border research, thereby enabling a greater understanding of the ecology of the Gulf of Trieste. Past environmental data analyses about the Gulf of Trieste enabled only a limited study of the natural phenomena dynamics and referred to marine problems only from specific perspectives, e.g. in relation to the exploitation of fish compositions, biological phenomena affecting tourism (mucilage, sea algal bloom, jellyfish). A project involving the setting up of a system for monitoring, providing information and analyses in the territory of North Adriatic will enable a valuable exchange of data and comprehensive research work. This will lead to efficient planning and management of the Gulf.