"Context:The shellfishing activity is very important for social, cultural and economic reasons, with a strong impact in the coastal zones. However, this activity is usually done in important and sensitive biological and environmental zones, most of them being protected areas. Shellfishing activity may have envoronmental impact in these ecosystems. Achieving a balance between the environment, society and economy, it is considered essential to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations. Therefore, there is a need to implement environmental management plans for this activity. Objectives:The ECOFILM project has developed training materials to qualify professionals to develop their activities with a sustainable methodology. The main goal of the project has been to develop an audiovisual training tool to promote the sustainable shellfishing harvesting on foot through the provision, advice and training of the sector in the transverse skills.This training program has been produced for workers of the shellfishing harvesting on foot, professional Associations of the shellfishing harvesting on foot, Cooperatives Public and Private training centers, NGOs and authorities and public organisms in environmental matters.Partners:The consortium is composed by entities with different roles:-Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) – Portugal-FUNDACIÓN PARA LA PESCA Y MARISQUEO (FUNDAMAR) – Spain-Cooperative M.A.R.E. SOC. COOP – Italy-The University Recep Tayyip Erdogan Universitesi – Turkey-SGS Tecnos (Spain)The project has produced as a result 3 main deliverables:The report ""PROCEDURE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH SHELLFISHING HARVESTING ON FOOT ACTIVITIES AND PREVENTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS”, available in 5 languages in the Website of the projectThe Training program EcoFilm: AUDIOVIDUAL AND EUROPEAN TRAINING TOOL FOR THE ECOLOGICAL AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE SHELLFISHING HARVESTING ON FOOT, done in a a set of 5 videos translated to 5 languages and available on the project websiteAnd the EcoFilm training program in pdf format, available in 5 languages in the project website. Finally, the EcoFilm program will provide the following long-term benefitss:• The standardization of training for this sector at European level has been increased.• A better knowledge of the national regulations regarding shellfshing• Improvement of workers mobility among different countries• Improvement of access to better learning systems (e-learning), and innovative training materials• Promotion of linguistic diversity in the sector, they can access the same content in 5 languages"

DiverSea develops novel marine observation and monitoring technology by combining: 1a) The new DNA-based identification approach “DNA-marks”: This approach will harnesses low coverage/cost genomic data to document genetic diversity and discriminate beyond species, to the population and individual level. This opens revolutionary possibilities, both for environmental samples (eDNA) and for monitoring species key biological parameters beyond simple identification, and, 1b) The experimentation required to quantify uncertainties in marine eDNA/eRNA interpretation, while developing general indictor methods with novel approaches harnessing new approaches and theory on mechanisms of molecular shedding and degradation; 2) emerging molecular techniques and approaches integrated with autonomous systems satellite remote sensing, citizen science, existing monitoring program data collection and, covering EOVs/EBVs, for comprehensive mapping of important marine habitats; 3) A novel data integration processing and interrogation AI-ML architecture that processes incoming biological, physical and biogeochemical data from diverse data platforms and from case studies in (2). The analysis module overarching framework will combine EOVs/EBVs for spatial and temporal biodiversity prediction, gap analysis identifying urgent data needs and investigating causal links/feedbacks between abiotic cycles, multiple stressors, biodiversity dynamics and biogeochemical cycles 5) An interactive platform to communicate the scientific outcomes of DiverSea to policy makers, stakeholders and the general public, the “Biodiversity Services Dashboard”. The dashboard visualizes key environmental and socio-economic indicators with quantified scenarios for societal and functional biodiversity interaction, connections of biodiversity to ecosystem functions and services. This will facilitate evaluating and comparing policy and planning alternatives considering the requirements of different target stakeholders.