Mariani, S., Griffiths, A. M., Velasco, A., Kappel, K., Jérôme, M., Perez-Martinez, R. I., Schröder, U., Verrez-Bagnis, V., Silva, H., Vandamme, S. G., Boufana, B., Mendes, R., Shorten, M., Smith, C., Hankard, E., Hook, S. A., Weymer, A. S., Gunning, D. & Sotelo, C. G., 2015. Low mislabelling rates indicate marked improvements in European seafood market operations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(10): 536-540.

Maguire, J., Cusack, C., Ruiz-Villarreal, M., Silke, J., McElligott, D. & Davidson, K., 2016. Applied simulations and integrated modelling for the understanding of toxic and harmful algal blooms (ASIMUTH): Integrated HAB forecast systems for Europe’s Atlantic Arc. Harmful Algae 53: 160-166.

Gunning, D., Maguire, J. & Burnell, G., 2016. The Development of Sustainable Saltwater-Based Food Production Systems: A Review of Established and Novel Concepts. Water 8(12): 598-635.
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Griffiths, A. M., Sotelo, C. G., Mendes, R., Reez-Martinez, R. I., Schröder, U., Shorten, M., Silva, H. A., Verrez-Bagnis, V. & Mariani, S., 2014. Current methods for seafood authenticity testing in Europe: Is there a need for harmonisation? Food Control 45: 1-6.
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Jacob, A., Xia, A., Gunning, D., Burnell, G. & Murphy, J. D., 2016. Seaweed Biofuel Derived from Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 7(11): 805-809.
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Alexander, K. A., Potts, T. P., Freeman, S., Israel, D., Johansen, J., Kletou, D., Meland, M., Pecorino, D., Rebours, C., Shorten, M. & Angel, D. L., 2015. The implications of aquaculture policy and regulation for the development of multi-trophic aquaculture in Europe. Aquaculture 443: 16-23.

Atlantic Ocean observation is currently undertaken through loosely-coordinated, in-situ observing networks, satellite observations and data management arrangements of heterogeneous international, national and regional design to support science and a wide range of information products. Thus, there is tremendous opportunity to develop the systems towards a fully integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System (AtlantOS) consistent with the recently developed ‘Framework of Ocean Observing’ (FOO).

The vision of AtlantOS is to improve and innovate Atlantic observing by using the Framework of Ocean Observing to obtain an international, more sustainable, more efficient, more integrated, and fit-for-purpose system. Hence, the AtlantOS initiative will have a long-lasting and sustainable contribution to the societal, economic and scientific benefit arising from this integrated approach. This will be archived delivered by improving the value for money, extent, completeness, quality and ease of access to Atlantic Ocean data required by industries, product supplying agencies, scientist and citizens.

The overarching target of the AtlantOS initiative is to deliver an advanced framework for the development of an integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System that goes beyond the state-of –the-art, and leaves a legacy of sustainability after the life of the project.

The legacy will derive from the AtlantOS aims:

• to improve international collaboration in the design, implementation and benefit sharing of ocean observing,
• to promote engagement and innovation in all aspects of ocean observing,
• to facilitate free and open access to ocean data and information,
• to enable and disseminate methods of achieving quality and authority of ocean information,
• to strengthen the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and to sustain observing systems that are critical for the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service and its applications and
• to contribute to the aims of the Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation

The EU Horizon 2020 AtlantOS project pools the efforts of 57 European and 5 non-European partners (research institutes, universities, marine service providers, multi-institutional organisations, and the private sector) from 18 countries to collaborate on optimizing and enhancing Atlantic Ocean observing.

The AtlantOS initiative contributes to achieving the aims of the Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation that was signed in 2013 by the EU, Canada and the US, launching a Transatlantic Ocean Research Alliance to enhance collaboration to better understand the Atlantic Ocean and sustainably manage and use its resources.

Alexander, K. A., Angel, D., Freeman, S., Israel, D., Johansen, J., Kletou, D., Meland, M., Pecorino, D., Rebours, C., Rousou, M., Shorten, M. & Potts, T., 2016. Improving sustainability of aquaculture in Europe: Stakeholder dialogues on Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA). Environmental Science & Policy 55: 96-106.

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Jennifer is BMRS Finance Manager. Jennifer received a BA in economics from University College Cork in 1996. She later part-qualified in Certified Public Accounting in Griffith College Cork. Jennifer has over 20 years of SME financial management experience.

Thematic Exploitation Platforms are ESA's latest exploration to help society extract, and benefit from, the wealth of information held in archives, and data streams of Earth Observation Data. In this light, TEPs can be seen as enablers. Allowing better, more informed and relevant decisions (in C-TEPs case on our coastal environment and resources), and rapid expansion of knowledge of our coastal environs and how we use them.

A TEP is essentially an online platform, a gateway of sorts, which allows EO researchers to rapidly process EO data, and extract end-user information from them. Experts can develop processing algorithms online, with all the processing done in the cloud. No longer do people need to download data to their computers, install software, and wait whilst their computer copes with the processing load. A TEP also hosts an online collaboration hub, where experts and users can exchange ideas, co-develop algorithms, and work together across the globe to refine and improve information extraction methods, and develop new ones.

The Coastal TEP is focused on extracting coastal information from Satellite data archives and NRT data streams. Information extracted has a wide range of uses including environmental monitoring, site assessment, maritime security and safety, coastal awareness, coastal planning and blue growth. In particular information extracted using the TEP could be quickly put to work informing better decision making, and enable cutting edge applied coastal research.