AquaMaps

The D4Science project actively participated in the EGEE'09 conference held at the Hotel Barcelo Sants in Barcelona between the 21 and 25 September 2009. The conference was attended by more than 630 delegates from many different countries and focused on the future of grid computing in Europe and in particular the plans towards the new European Grid Initiative (EGI).

Five members of the D4Science consortium attended this international event, including the Project Director, the Technical Director, user community representatives and operational staff. They contributed to the conference agenda with 1) a Session and 2) a Demonstration.

In its latest June newsletter, OMII-UK (Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute UK) features an article entitled ‘Plenty more fish in the sea?’. With the contribution of D4Science project members, Danielle Venton from EGEE describes AquaMaps, a new tool that uses EGEE resources to investigate declining fish stocks.

The OMII-UK Newsletter gives updates on the latest developments at OMII-UK and in the e-Research field in general. It benefits from a regular readership of around 1000, and is widely distributed at key conferences.

On 16 March 2009 the AquaMaps Virtual Research Environment (VRE) was released. This VRE is an important part of the Integrated Capture Information System (ICIS) and is available through the project portal: http://portal.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu.

The AquaMaps VRE will provide fisheries and aquaculture scientists with AquaMaps generated using the D4Science e_Infrastructure. AquaMaps are images containing the likelihood that a species or a combination of species will live in a specific areas. AquaMaps are very important for species assessment.

Access to VREs

VREs are accessible through the D4Science portal.