The project aims to study and develop of innovative technologies for use in environmental monitoring and safety at sea for navigation and risk control. It is intended to help reduce the existing gap in remote control processes and, above all, improve the interaction and integration of data, both environmental and process data into navigation and ship system management activities. All aimed at reducing risks and safeguarding the coastal and offshore marine environment. The expected results in Realizable Objective (OR) OR1 are to optimize and develop advanced sensor technology for use on multiple remotely manageable sensing platforms that are linked together in real time and functional for various uses, from “sensitive sites” to conservation areas. OR2 aspires to define an integrated system for active control, in terms of maritime traffic, system-ship behavior and environmental surveillance. Instead, the expected outcome of OR3 is the experimental design and implementation of fixed systems such as intelligent modular buoys and mobile systems such as autonomous and/or wire-guided vehicles (DRONEs and ROVs) for functional and environmental safety monitoring of vessels and the marine environment in which they transit or stop. The three ORs are integrated with each other with an inseparable functional interaction of product-process-management. What has been studied and developed will be of considerable value to the companies involved in terms of visibility and competitiveness, with an expected economic and especially employment return.
To provide national and EU administrations, as well as regional-level fisheries management bodies such as the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT), with scientific data and appropriate tools to undertake programming interventions and adopt management measures in line with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
Co4SSF develops new approaches for fisheries management to support the integrated management of the coastal strip and maritime compartments where protected habitats fall, with particular reference to the Small Scale Fisheries sector.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.