Mission Atlantic

MISSION ATLANTIC is an European Union Horizon 2020 funded project. Mission Atlantic develops and systematically applies Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEAs) in the Atlantic Ocean.

IEAs enable identification of ecosystem components most at risk from natural hazards and the consequences of human activities.

The project employs all available information on those sources, the pressures they impose and the ecosystem components that are affected, to identify the most important risk factors for sustainable development of the Atlantic Ocean.

MISSION ATLANTIC develops and tests high-resolution numerical ocean ecosystem models, as well as employing advanced statistical approaches, artificial neural networks, and risk assessment methods in support of the IEA cycle.

Cross-Atlantic seagoing activities will collect new observations on the shelf and open ocean, across benthic and pelagic biomes, to validate ecosystem models and explore the biogeography of plankton and fish communities.

Advanced combinations of marine robotic solutions and acoustic sensors are further developed and deployed to provide new data and to deliver the next generation of autonomous systems in support of IEAs.