GOOS-Brazil

Module II: living marine resources

Monitoring and analysis of living resources in the ocean with the perspective of sustainable exploitation.

The activities underway for this module are:

• Assessment of the Living Resources of the Economic Exclusive Zone (REVIZEE) Program. Obtain in a short period of time information on the distribution, amount and biomass of the fishing resources of the Brazilian economic exclusive zone.
• Stock, fishing effort and capture data continuously provided through a map system by the government environmental agency (IBAMA);
• Assessment of the living resources in the shelf-break region between Cabo Frio and Cabo de Santa Marta, in collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo;
• Environmental monitoring program of Bacia de Campos and Cabiunas (Southeast Brazil) in oceanic and coastal areas, in cooperation with PETROBRAS (the Brazilian oil company);
• Program to measure physical-optical and biological parameters in the South Atlantic to aid in the development of bio-optical algorithms, as a co-operation of University of Rio Grande (FURG) and Brazilian Space Agency (INPE).