Challenge ID

C-CORE_OFF2.7

Title

Information on presence and abundance of deep water fauna

Challenge originator:

General Description

What data/products do you use?

ROV surveys and multibeam to describe deep-water coral and other vulnerable seabed habitat

When do you use this kind of dataset?

During environmental impact assessments (EIAs), oil spill response, environmental damage assessment

What are your actual limitations and do you have a work around? 

ROV and multibeam surveys are expensive and time consuming

Needs and expectations on EO data

Not sure, EO capabilities can address this as it requires penetration to ocean floor and species and/or habitat identification

Challenge classification

Pre license

4

Exp.

3

Dev.

3

Prod.

3

Decom.

3

Geographic context/ restrictions

- Eastern Mediterranean

Topographic classification / Offshore classification

Ocean

Activity impacted/concerned

Strategic decision enabler

Technology Urgency

Mid-Term (5-10 years)

Information requirements

Update frequency

Yearly, for monitoring of change, but hourly during oil spills

Temporal resolution

Seasonal or yearly

Spatial resolution

1-10m

Data quality

High

Data Coverage and extent

In vicinity of drill site and along possible submarine pipelines for monitoring, but regional for spills

Example format

High resolution image

Timeliness

Reference data - timeliness not important, near real time for spill

Existing standards

Galil B. and Herut B. 2011. Marine environmental issues of deep-sea exploration and exploitation activities (oil and gas) off the coast of Israel. IOLR Report H15/2011