About Us - FORCOAST

FORCOAST aims to offer information services co-designed with stakeholders, which provide high-resolution data of water quality and met-ocean variables at coastal zone and nearshore that are used to give focused answers to specific questions from the targeted wild fisheries, bivalve mariculture, and oysterground restoration sectors.

FORCOAST is developing, testing and demonstrating, in operational mode, novel Copernicus-based downstream information services that will incorporate Copernicus Marine, Land and Climate Services Products, local monitoring data and advanced modelling in the service.

FORCOAST – Earth Observation services for wild fisheries, oysterground restoration and bivalve mariculture along European coasts – is an EU-funded project which is comprised of 21 partners from The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland Portugal, Spain, Italy, Romania and Bulgaria.

Deltares

Deltares is a leading international research institute for applied geophysical, ecological and policy-related research and development applied to delta areas (marine, coastal, estuarine, and riverine) based in the Netherlands.

EuroGOOS

EuroGOOS identifies priorities, enhances cooperation and promotes the benefits of operational oceanography to ensure sustained observations are made in Europe’s seas underpinning a suite of fit-for-purpose products and services for marine and maritime end-users.

Instituto Superior Técnico

IST ‘s MARETEC Research Centre main expertise is in developing, implementing, validating and providing forecasts for ocean, coastal and watershed hydrodynamic and ecological processes by means of numerical models.

Exporsado

Exporsado is an oyster farmer with 33ha concessions at the river Sado estuary, Portugal. The production process uses two methods: bags over tables and baskets suspended on cables, always in intertidal areas. Currently employs 22 people and produces 120 ton of oysters per year.

AZTI

AZTI is a research centre that specialises in the food and maritime fishing value chain that carries out strategic and applied research to generate new knowledge.

Marine Instruments

Marine Instruments is a Spanish company focused on the designing and manufacturing of electronic equipment mainly for the fisheries sector.

University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski

The research and development activities of USOF include regional and coastal sea oceanography, marine biogeochemistry and modelling of marine environment, climate modelling, dynamics of atmosphere and oceans.

TERRASIGNA

Established in 2007, TERRASIGNA has built competencies in the domain of analysis, processing and interpretation of different types of Earth observation (EO) data. It provides customized Geo-Information services to a wide pool of public and private national, European and international clients.

Marine Institute

The Marine Institute is Ireland’s national agency for marine research, technology, development and innovation and promotes sustainable development of Ireland’s marine resources.

Cuan Beo

Cuan Beo is a Not for profit – SME made up of local community and organisation members who have come together to campaign for and assist in the restoration (or improvement) of the natural habitat, species, environment and heritage of Galway Bay.

MAST-FOCUS, University of Liège

MAST (Modeling for Aquatic Systems) is a research group of the University of Liège. The group activities are devoted to the development and use of advanced numerical model, data assimilation and analyses techniques for understanding, forecasting, projecting marine systems with a focus on marine and coastal ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles.

National Institute for Marine Research and Development

NIMRD is mainly involved in basic research and applied technology, crucial for the understanding, protection and management of coastal and marine
environment in the economic exclusive zone of Romania at the Black Sea coast.

Jailoo

Jailoo is active in the fields of physical oceanography and GIS and has experience with hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modelling data assimilation, and operational activities

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

RBINS hosts the Museum of Natural Sciences and collections of specimens and it provides public services in terms of advice, expertise and studies. The mission of its Operational Directorate “Natural Environment” (OD Nature) is to support the management of the marine environment, particularly for Belgian waters, by scientific activities including mathematical modelling, in-situ measurements and management advice to policy-makers.

Own Capital of the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

EV ILVO performs multidisciplinary, innovative and independent research aimed at economically, ecologically and socially sustainable agriculture and fisheries in a from farm to fork approach.

Brevisco

Brevisco is a private company for different maritime activities onshore, nearshore and offshore. Since its establishment, Brevisco has been being very active in research and development in the fishing business with strong focus on ecology.

Danish Meteorological Institute

DMI provides meteorological, oceanographic and related services. DMI’s area of activity comprises forecasting and warning services as well as continuous monitoring of weather, sea state, climate, and related environmental conditions in the atmosphere, over land and in the sea.

Aarhus University

The Department of Bioscience under the faculty of Science and Technology works marine issues. Topics covered include biodiversity, ecophysiology and evolution, marine spatial planning, effects of climate change, physical and biological oceanography, ecosystem modelling, and marine ecosystem management.

Oyster Boat

Oyster Boat is a primary producer of European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) at Kulturfelt Follup Odde,KFO, in the western part of the Limfjord.

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Within CNR-ISMAR, the Satellite Oceanography Group (GOS) has a long-term experience in physical oceanography, satellite oceanography, operational oceanography, remote sensing and algorithm development for the OC and SST retrieval.

Instituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di GeofisicaSperimentale

The institute operates in fields related to Earth Sciences, Geophysics, Oceanography, Marine, Maritime and Inland Waters, Seismology and Infrastructures to contribute to the environmental protection, sustainable economic development and societal inclusion.