Ambition
Objectives
The main objective of SURIMI is integrating socio-ecological what-if simulation models into the EU DTO – a realistic simulation of the world’s oceans.
Between 2024 and 2027, SURIMI will aid in real-world problem-solving and policy creation through:
Providing an ensemble of ready-to-use socio-economic and ecological simulation models to better understand the effects of fishery activities on sensitive species, seabed habitats and biodiversity hotspots.
Onboarding the simulation models into the EU DTO through co-defining state-of-the-art interoperability and harmonisation practices with respect to data integration and model coupling.
Developing decision support tools supporting sustainable marine resource management through an innovative, Large Language Model (LLM)-supported interaction interface that visualises the real-world data and simulated scenario outcomes. Tools will provide innovative, outcome-oriented science to support industries on data gathering, economic effects and spatial planning.
Improving the quality of policy analysis through SURIMI’s interoperability protocol, data harmonisation and model plurality, allowing for best-informed state-of-the-art marine analysis that includes socio-economic layers and oceanographic information.
Packaging the simulation models and decision support tools into a SURIMI toolbox for seamless, democratised and user-friendly access.
Broadening engagement in ocean sciences and sustainability by democratising access to the EU DTO through a user-friendly toolkit, graphical user interface and the co-creation of tools.
Building a community of end users from research, industry, advocacy, policy, and society to co-create, co-assess and co-design a responsive, demand driven and useful SURIMI toolbox.
Expected Outcomes
- Strengthening the assessment capabilities of the EU DTO with respect to impacts of environmental changes, human pressures and policy implementation on ocean health, the blue economy, and societal prosperity.
- Elevating stakeholder skills in using state-of-the-art digital twinning tools for faster and cheaper evidence-based assessment and sustainable management of marine resources, increasing blue economy jobs, and thus supporting the move towards resilient infrastructure within the EU.
- Democratising access to high-quality data and simulation model predictions related to stock status, prevention of overfishing, and equitable distribution of natural resources.
- Bringing ocean knowledge to all, citizen science will be encouraged by providing accessible user-friendly tools, broadening engagement in ocean sciences, policy and sustainability.
- Contributing to an ever-evolving EU DTO database with input from experts and non-experts alike to create a “stand-alone usability” principle, meaning that SURIMI tools will be easy to use without specialist guidance.
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