SIRENA: Comprehensive Remote System for Monitoring, Detection and Prediction of Risks of Potentially Harmful Marine Events of Natural or Anthropic Origin in Off-Shore Areas Intended for Aquaculture
Pleamar program
The purpose of this project is to develop innovative tools for the environmental monitoring of aquaculture farms in Gran Canaria and to disseminate them among interested agents.
These tools, although they will be developed in the regional environment of the Canary Islands, will not only be limited to this local application, but can also be implemented in other geographical locations, both inside and outside Spain.
The monitoring will comprise a wide range of aspects, ranging from external flows into the farm, such as the detection and propagation of harmful events (e.g. algal blooms), to internal flows that are directed outwards, such as the traceability of the footprint of aquaculture activity in the marine environment.
Line of action:
Marine ecosystemsStatus:
En ejecuciónExecution date:
2024End date:
2026Project web page:
https://www.programapleamar.es/proyectos/sirena-sistema-remoto-integral-de-monitorizacion-deteccion-y-prediccion-de-riesgos-deThis project aims to explore and develop new environmental monitoring tools in aquaculture environments in Gran Canaria, focusing on three fundamental pillars or activities:
- The analysis of remote sensing images captured from satellite.
- The performance of in situ observations that will contribute to calibrating hydrodynamic models and validating transport projections to and from the farm.
- The development of high-resolution hydrodynamic models in the areas surrounding an aquaculture farm in Gran Canaria.
These models will allow the generation of detailed representations of marine currents at different time intervals, associated with both in situ observations and satellite data, allowing transport projections at a very small scale. - In a transversal way, communication and dissemination activities will be carried out with the aim of sharing our progress with the aquaculture sector.
Coordination activities will also be carried out across the board.
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
SIRENA: Comprehensive Remote System for Monitoring, Detection and Prediction of Risks of Potentially Harmful Marine Events of Natural or Anthropic Origin in Off-Shore Areas Intended for Aquaculture
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