Research project funded by the European Union

AQUARIUS: This project aims at providing a very comprehensive set of research infrastructures designed to address the important challenges that may arise when working on the long-term sustainability of ocean, marine and freshwater ecosystems, more here.
Contact person: Stefan Stefansson / stefan.stefansson[hjá]hafogvatn.is

BioProtect: This project aims at preserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems from human activities and increased their climate resilience. BioProtect will develop management tools based on systematic conservation planning and marine spatial planning to improve the selection process of marine protected areas, more here.
^{Contact person: Julian M Burgos / julian.burgos[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

B-USEFUL: This project aims at developing user-friendly tools and solutions to conserve marine biodiversity and achieve the policy objectives set out in the EU Green Deal and the Biodiversity Strategy 2030, more here.
^{Contact person: Ingibjörg G. Jónsdóttir / ingibjorg.g.jonsdottir[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

CIBBRINA: This project aims at achieving EU cross-border cooperation and participation in fisheries to establish regional monitoring programmes. Increased monitoring will improve the reliability of bycatch estimates and develop, test and implement effective mitigation measures for incidental bycatch of marine mammals, birds, turtles and non-food fish. NSAC is directly involved in the minimisation, or where appropriate elimination, of bycatch in the North Sea, the identification of species at risk, the definition of mitigation measures and the implementation of monitoring programmes, more here.
^{Contact person: Guðjón Már Sigurðsson / guðjon.mar.sigurdsson[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

ICEWATER: This project aims at increasing knowledge about the use, properties and condition of water in Iceland, to ensure smooth and coordinated water management, to improve water quality, such as through improvements to sewage and wastewater treatment, and to educate the public and stakeholders about the importance of water, more here.  
^{Contact person: Pamela Woods / pamela.woods[hjá]hafogvatn.i}

INFINIFISH: This project aims at creating practical innovations for the whole fisheries value chain, from the fishing operations, fish handling, and processing, to public management and governance, more here.
^{Contact person: Eydis Salome Eirikdsdottir / eydis.salome.eiriksdottir@hafogvatn.is}

MARINE BEACON: This project aims at monitoring, reducing and eliminating bycatch of endangered and protected species in the northeastern and offshore Atlantic Ocean. more here.
^{Contact person: Guðjón Már Sigurðsson / guðjon.mar.sigurdsson[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

MARINE GUARDIAN: This project aims at advancing will advance and demonstrating new tools, technologies and operational strategies, and provide governance solutions to reduce impacts of fisheries on marine species and habitats, whilst optimizing fishers’ operations and ensuring long term viability of the European seafood sector, more here.
^{Contact person: Pamela Woods / pamela.woods[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

MARINE SABRES: This project is a collaboration of 21 researchers with the aim of restoring marine biodiversity and supporting a sustainable blue economy through increased ecosystem-based management in Europe, more here.
^{Contact person: Bjarki Þór Elvarsson / bjarki.elvarsson[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

MISSION ATLANTIC: Sustainable management of marine resources relies on the ability to assess and predict the drivers of change and their impacts on marine ecosystems. This assessment is subject to high uncertainty and the relationships between different drivers can be complex. To address these challenges, MISSION ATLANTIC aims at supporting natural resource managers and policy makers in balancing the need for environmental protection and sustainable development, based on new scientific information. In this way, the project contributes to a positive evolution of resource use for the Atlantic Ocean, more here.
                           ^{Julian Mariano Burgos / julian.burgos[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

POLARIN: This project aims at delivering fully funded virtual and remote access to 64 Arctic research infrastructures, thereby promoting interdisciplinary research on scientific challenges in the two Arctic regions. To achieve this goal, a network of partner institutions has already been established in Europe and beyond (e.g. in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and Chile), more here.
^{Contact person: Stefán Stefásson / stefan.stefansson[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

REDRESS: This project is a key element of the EU's strategy to restore marine ecosystems, especially those in the deep sea. REDRESS aims at providing solutions to prioritize future restoration efforts, expanding deep-sea restoration to previously neglected habitat types, and demonstrating the feasibility, potential, and value of restoring deep-sea ecosystems, more here.
^{Contact person: Stefán Áki Ragnarsson / stefan.ragnarsson[hjá]hafogvatn.is}

RESOLVE:

The project aims at assessing the mitigation potential of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) under climate-driven biodiversity change by investigating taxonomic and functional turnover and trends within and outside of MPAs, OECMs and EBSAs; evaluating NBS trade-offs and synergies with human well-being in light of patterns and trends in ecosystem services; co-designing NBS that consider dimensions of transformative change by exploring NBS contribution to climate mitigation (carbon sequestration), and dynamic MPA solutions, s-more here.
^{Contact person: Julian M Burgos / julian.burgos[hjá]hafogvatn.is}