eDNA

eDNA for Detecting Invasive Species. DTU puts qPCR and metabarcoding eDNA tools on a robotic buoy to find invasive species quickly and widely. Special labs, skilled staff and bioinformatics back the work. PHAROS will show better species specific eDNA detection. This monitoring is cheaper, faster and less affected by patchy species spread, so it is more reliable for large surveys.

Digital Twin Ocean

DTO for Gran Canaria and Iceland Demo Locations. BO will build a Digital Twin Ocean for the Gran Canaria and Iceland demo sites using the HiSea platform. It combines in situ sensors, live IoT data, equation and data models, AI learning and high performance computing. Visual tools, scenarios and a decision platform help users. Live sound, underwater and surface camera data will also stream in.

BLUE4ALL Blueprint MPA Platform Enhancement. The improved Blue4All Blueprint Platform helps marine protected area managers spot, sort and solve new problems fast. It supports proactive conservation and climate adaptation through adaptive management. Governance tools aid shared decisions, and an ecological corridor module supports species movement and genetic diversity. It links with the Digital Twin Ocean to improve decisions.

Fisher Guardians

Fisher Guardians Programme. CIIMAR, PLOCAN and GW expand NETTAGplus within PHAROS. The programme helps the fishing industry move from polluter to ocean guardian and cleaner. It shares best practice, rewards good action and improves infrastructure. Three smart eco friendly solutions aim to cut lost fishing gear and reduce its harm to the environment.

Citizen Litter Entrepreneurs

Citizen Litter Entrepreneurs. PHAROS and IHA extend the REMEDIES citizen litter entrepreneur programme. It guides people to become plastic entrepreneurs, with training and tools to start businesses that turn collected plastic litter into value and offer zero waste solutions to all actors. Each pillar has four innovations: monitoring, collection and prevention.

MINKA (Citizen Science)

MINKA Stakeholder Engagement, Citizen and School Science. The CSIC MINKA platform is a citizen science tool for biodiversity and environmental data. It combines cloud services with stakeholder engagement to build long term communities and keep local projects going after PHAROS. Its open protocol lets projects share data with EU and Arctic education and conservation work, including Explorers, EU4Ocean and DeepDive.