Final MAMA Meeting Tunis, 7- 9 March

Raising Awareness for Ocean Observations

in Morocco

Maria Snoussi

Mohamed V UniversityFaculty of Sciences, Rabat

snoussi@fsr.ac.ma

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NGOs?

Decision

makers?

Users?

Scientists?

Has the Awareness for Ocean

Observations raised in Morocco?

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Rabat MedGOOS Workshop (1999)

-All the steakholders

-Scientists

-NGOs

Awareness Meeting

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What Have been achieved?

What are the ongoing or planned projects?

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Monitoring the quality of waters bathing

325 sampling stations

86 beaches

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Monitoring the quality of waters bathing

Yearly Publications of the micro-biological quality of the bathing waters.

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2004

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Commandement Zone Sud

MPM

GPSInmarsat

Patrouilleur

System of Positionning and monitoring fishing boats by

satellite

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Gendarmerie Royale

Centre de commandement Zone Sud

Marine Royale

Ministère des Pêches Maritimes

Liaison spécialisée

Liaison spécialisée passant par Londres

X25

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Benefits from this project

Its un automatic system (GPS & Inmarsat satellite)

Real-time information on the fishing fleet

Optimization of the use of patrol aircrafs and ships

Provide services for the marine professionals.

Rapid intervention for rescue

Watching navigation in national waters (Pyracy, security, etc.)

Improving Management of fishery efforts

Strengthening life safety at sea, etc.

Possibility to add in the futur more sensors for monitoring other physico-chemical parameters.

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Situation of Tide gauges implementation?

4 at the Atlantic coast and 2 at the Mediterranean side.

in 2005, Probably one more in Atlantic within the Odinafrica III project (GOOS WP), and one in the Mediterranean with the CIESM support.

Still not fully operational

Absence of coordination between different operators

Data still not free accessible

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Networks

Network of the Littoral Healthiness Watching (at 7 coastal stations : INRH)

Med Pol Network (DE)

National Plan for Combatting Accidental Marine Pollution (DE)

Ports Monitoring & Dredging Programs for Navigation Safety (DPDPM).

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Exchange of information through the Internet

www.cndio-maroc.org National Oceanographic Data and Information Centre (ODINAFRICA Project)

http://www.chm.ma/home/index.htm Clearing House for Biodiversity Information

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Conclusion

Even we have not completely benefit from all MAMA WPs, due to internal problems (funds, visa, etc.) we have succeded in strengthening awareness of decision makers on the benefits of Operational Oceanography. This constitute an important step to force Ocean Observations in their agenda.

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More than the Scientific Networking, the added value of MAMA is also the nice links «tissés » between all of us!

Thank you Silvana, Aldo and all the WP

leaders for your efforts

Thanks EUThanks everybody!