Projects Areas
CEDER stands for Catch, Effort and Discard Estimates in Realtime. The primary objective of this FP6 project was to harness technologies, such as the Vessel Monitoring System and electronic logbooks, to provide more accurate and timelier information on catches, effort, landings, discards and quota and TAC uptake and to assess the benefits of this information for fisheries management.
DECLIMS stands for Detection and Classification of Marine Traffic from Space.The key objective of this seminal FP5 research project was to understand better;vessel detection and classification on commercial satellite imagery, both radar and optical. The project made it possible to establish in considerable detail the state-of-the-art of existing (semi-) operational systems for ship detection and classification based on satellite imaging sensors. Benchmarking exercises exposed weaknesses in the vessel detection and classification systems and algorithms. The project helped drive the development of new sensors and platforms towards the operational needs of vessel monitoring.
MARUSE
Project MARUSE addressed the utilisation of Galileo by the MARitime USEr community and was funded by the (then) Galileo Joint Undertaking. The objective of the MARUSE project was to bring together small and medium enterprises (SMEs), maritime and other GNSS industry, as well as key service providers and users in the maritime and inland waterways areas with the aim to introduce EGNOS and Galileo in the maritime domain.
Hardening of GNSS-Based Trackers
Civilian GNSS based real-time tracking systems are presently used in a number of fields, such as the fisheries Vessel Monitoring System (VMS), the maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS), and the transportation of dangerous goods. Such trackers are commonly composed of a GNSS receiver module and a communications module for transmission of positions and are vulnerable to tampering. This research project analyzed vulnerabilities and options for hardening such trackers, such as against fake GNSS signals, physical tampering, side channel attacks, and the substitution of position reports.
Sheel
SHEEL stands for Secure and Harmonised European Electronic Logbook. This seminal FP6 project aimed at developing and demonstrating an operational, cost-effective and secure electronic transfer system that would convey logbook information ship to shore including between authority agencies to enhance fisheries monitoring and control. The development and demonstration of the system involved the integration of existing onboard and onshore systems, the testing of a common format for exchanging fisheries information between vessels and authorities, a security mechanism for transferring the data onshore and inspection facilities for performing onboard checks.
TANGO
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TANGO stands for Telecommunication Advanced Network for GMES operations. The objective of this FP6 Integrated Project is to develop, integrate, demonstrate and promote new satellite telecommunication services to expand GMES services in areas where new needs can be identified. For the demonstrations, the project included fisheries control exercises in areas outside EU waters characterized by deficient ICT infrastructures.