The latest release from BlueBRIDGE: A set of techno-economic assessment tools for aquafarms

  

21/Dec/2016

The latest Virtual Research Environment (VRE) released by BlueBRIDGE has been conceived for all the aquafarming enterprises that want an answer to the question: how can I maximize the growth rate of my livestock by minimizing the production costs?

Oceana study: Sustainability could increase fish catches by 57% – BlueBRIDGE makes available the stock assessment model used by Oceana in its Virtual Research Environments

  

23/Nov/2016

Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization focused on ocean conservation, published a new research that provides the most comprehensive overview so far of overfishing in European fish stocks.

A new suite of three algorithms, implementing a Supervised Machine Learning Workflow based on Feed Forward Neural Networks, is now available for the BlueBRIDGE VREs

  

15/Nov/2016

A new suite of three algorithms, implementing a Supervised Machine Learning Workflow based on Feed Forward Neural Networks, is now available. It can be used for general Classification and Regression tasks as well as correlation studies and biological simulations requiring some kind of information extraction from labelled data.
The three algorithms are briefly described below:

New BlueBRIDGE VRE supporting a scientific training on Stock Assessment

  

03/Nov/2016

BlueBRIDGE recently developed a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) supporting a scientific training on Stock Assessment. This VRE will be used for the ICES Advanced Stock Assessment Training Course, which will be held from Monday, 28 November, to Friday, 2 December, 2016.

Revamp of D4Science infrastructure increases BlueBRIDGE’s capabilities

  

25/Aug/2016

An enhanced version of D4Science.org, the infrastructure behind BlueBRIDGE VREs, was released at the end of July 2016. This change improves the project’s capabilities.

Analysing and forecasting fisheries time series

  

22/Aug/2016

By utilizing tuna fisheries data in the Indian Ocean, the authors propose a method to forecast fisheries time series. In comparing this method to others, they demonstrate that it is able to highlight periodic patterns in a high fishing activity area such as the Indian Ocean.

Innovative IT solutions to support Data needs for Blue Growth – Google and iMarine examples

  

15/Jul/2016

During COFI 2016 a side event on innovative IT solutions to support Data needs for Blue Growth took place. This side event presented partnerships and IT strategies of FAO to support informed decision-making for social, economic and environmental sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture.

How do VREs contribute to making Europe the best place for research & innovation? Find out in the latest eInfraEU publication!

  

05/Jul/2016

The building blocks of the recently launched European Cloud Initiative are the existing EU-funded e-infrastructures. The recently published booklet “E-infrastructures: making Europe the best place for research and innovation” describes how e-Infrastructure projects funded under the Horizon 2020 work programme 2014-2015 are helping researchers address the challenges posed by society and economy. BlueBRIDGE and its VREs are a fundamental gear of this mechanism…

Remote sensing: A suitable technology for assessing damage and loss in fisheries and aquaculture?

  

30/Jun/2016

Droughts, floods, storms and other disasters triggered by climate or human drivers have risen in frequency and/or severity over the last few decades, and have caused increasing damage to developing countries and to agriculture sectors such as fisheries and aquaculture. A recent study by FAO shows that the agriculture sectors absorbs approximately 22 percent of the economic impact caused by medium- and large scale natural hazards and disasters in developing countries…

BlueBRIDGE demo "Analysis of a species distribution"

  

15/Jun/2016

Have a look at the latest BlueBRIDGE demo “Analysis of a species distribution”! You can learn how to create a VRE, how to generate…