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The Practices database is continuously optimised in order to ensure that search queries produce the most accurate results and new practice descriptions are added on a regular basis. Select relevant filters in the search boxes or enter the title of a practice or a  keyword in the freetext searchbox.

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SASMAP

Marine archaeologists have developed new techniques and guidelines for locating, assessing and managing Europe’s underwater cultural heritage.

  • May 2015

Ireland

Ireland’s Digital Ocean is a portal to data which has been collected in and around Ireland’s maritime zone. The Integrated Digital Ocean is a platform to access a diverse range...

  • Dec 2017

DG ENV

Land-Sea Interactions (LSI) and how they should be addressed play a key part in the successful delivery of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (2014/89/EU). Articles  4, 6 and 7 explicitly...

  • Oct 2018

Allowing for real time geo-tracking and identification of equipped vessels, data provided by AIS promises to map and describe maritime activities. After recapitulating the main characteristics of AIS and the...

  • May 2018