ISPRA launches the expansion and modernisation of the National Oceanographic Network

CAE was awarded the tender for the expansion and modernisation of the National Oceanographic Network, with its 36 automatic real-time marine observation stations managed by ISPRA. The project is aimed at monitoring the sea level and the main meteorological parameters along the national coasts.

The tender was announced as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and more specifically, of the investment aimed at restoring and protecting the seabed of marine habitats, the so-called MER (Marine Ecosystem Restoration) project. A series of actions are planned that require in-depth knowledge of the location, extent and status of coastal and marine habitats, and aimed at halting the deterioration of Mediterranean ecosystems and the recovery of seabed and marine habitats in Italian waters by 2026, in order to achieve the European objectives of promoting the sustainability of fundamental activities such as fishing, tourism, food and blue growth. The specific actions to be implemented include the enhancement of marine observation platforms to increase the technical-scientific capacity to monitor the marine environment and to assess the effectiveness of protection and management measures in the context of the climate change scenario.

In this context, CAE will do its part, and will carry out large-scale interventions for the restoration and protection of the seabed and marine habitats and coastal observation systems. The subregions affected by the actions are Western Mediterranean, Central Mediterranean and Ionian, Adriatic Sea.

The planned activities concern the expansion of the NON network in stretches of coast not currently covered by monitoring stations, the technological adaptation of the 36 existing monitoring stations and the increase in sampling frequencies and meteorological parameters observed by them. 

Each station will be equipped with Dataloggers of the Compact Plus line and sea-weather sensors to measure the sea level, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and air and water temperature.


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