The purpose of the Marine Core Services is to make available and deliver a set of services for forecasting, monitoring and reporting on the ocean state.
Marine Core Services will address the requirements from National and European policies, international conventions as well as European and international Agencies, for data information products and indicators of the environment mainly at global but at also local state.
European policy requirements with respect to ocean monitoring are mainly related to Common Fisheries Policy, the monitoring and protection of the marine ecosystems and the monitoring of climate changes and mitigation of related impacts.
The applications covered by the MCS include the following ones:
MyOcean is the implementation project of the European Marine Core Service, aiming at deploying the first concerted and integrated pan-European capacity for ocean monitoring and forecasting. During years 2009-2011, MyOcean will lead the setting up, demonstration and operation of this new European service, grown on past investments in research & development, system development and international collaborations.