Šetaliste Ivana Meštrovića 63,

21000 Split, Croatia

INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY

AND FISHERIES

office@zor.hr

URL: www.izor.hr

About IOF The Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia, has been founded in 1930, following a strong demand for the research activities in the Adriatic Sea. Through its 80-year functioning in different regimes but strongly following scientific codes in conducting research activities, the Institute becomes a leading marine institution in Croatia, presently encompassing all aspects of sea exploration: physical, chemical, geological and biological parameters, fisheries and aquaculture.

- Basic research

- Applied research

- Marine services

- Educational activities

- International collaboration

- Expertise

- Peer-review journal “Acta Adriatica”

- More on http://www.izor.hr

IOF Capacities

Organisation:

8 laboratories

Library and publishing

IT Centre

General services

Human resources:

39 scientific staff

17 PhD students and postdocs

8 professionals

9 tehnicians

6 ship crew

5 Administrative staff

Infrastructure

Main and standby buildings

Research vessels BIOS 2 and Navicula

medas.izor.hr

OS: Linux CentOS 4.2

10.2 Oracle Database &

Aplicaton server

jadran.izor.hr

OS: Linux Debian Kernel 2.4.32

Domain name,

WEB,FTP server

SERVER_POSTAJE

OS: WIN2K Server

FTP server,

RealTime Data Aquisition

Server

InterNet

IOR LAN

GSM,GPRS,EDGE,UMTS,HSDPA

to data acquisition systems

AMOS0

AMOS1

WiFi AcessPoint

54MBps

WiFi AcessPoint

54MBps

Router Cisco 2600

Smoothwall 2.0.

Kernel 2.4.33.3.

Numerical models Server

OS: RedHat Fedora

Kernel 2.4

Research vessel “NAVICULA“:

length - 10.8m, width – 3.5m,

maximum speed - 28 knots

operational speed - 23 knots

New research vessel “BIOS DVA ”

37 m lenght

8,05 m width

6 crew members

18 scientists

Equipment

Echo integrator Mark II QM

Scientific sounder Simrad

Trawler hydraulic winch (2500m x2)

Net hydraulic winch

Oceanographyc winch (1300 m)

Oceanographyc winch ( 300 m)

A-frame

Ship crane Palfinger PK 10000 M Facilities

Automatic Measurement Oceanographic System

AMOS

Meteo parameters:

wind speed and gust,

wind direction,

air temperature, pressure and

humidity, rain, solar radiation

Oceanographic parameters:

sea surface temperature

sea surface salinity

oxygen

turbidity

chlorophyll_a

sea level

waves

currents profile

• Buoy diameter - 3 m

• Buoy body height - 1 m

• Buoy height (underwater part, body and sensors and antenna carrier) - 6 m

• Weight of fully equipped buoy - 1300 kg

• Shape and size of buoy are adopted for Adriatic coastal and open waters.

• Online data in real time

Real – time data (automatic stations)

Station PUNTA JURANA

in front of the main building

of the Institute

12 meteorological -

oceanographic parameters

(nine air and three sea

parameters)

measurements every 10

minutes 24 hours a day

Station VELI RAT

Meteorological sensors on the top of lighthouse

11 meteorological - oceanographic parameters (nine air and

two sea parameters)

Measurements every 10 minutes 24 hours a day, data refresh

interval – 1 hour

Measuring of the Marine Coastal Currents by HF Radars

• Online data visualization in real time

• Long term changes in primary production,phytoplankton biomass and phytoplankton abundances based on multiannual datasets

• Long-term changes in zooplankton abundances

High NAO index

Consequences of the EMT

(Eastern Mediterranean Transient)

in the Adriatic Sea

Average summer temperatures in the

Middle Adriatic

February 2003 COAMPS

mean 10-m winds

Hydrodynamical Numerical Modeling

b)

c)

Ecological modeling (model maximum FK concentration fields )

Split area

Mouth of

Neretva river

Mljet island

Interdisciplinary researches

focused on microbial food

web

Bacteria and nanolagellates under the

epifluorescent microscop

Dominance of bottom-up and top-down

control of bacteria in eutrophic and

oligotrophic conditions

• The relation between bacterioplankton and phytoplankton production

• Relative importance of bottom-up and top-down control of bacteria and HNAN in different trophic conditions

• Temporal stability on trophic/functional group level and community level

Unusual phenomena threatening human health, tourism and fisheries

(HAB problems)

“Mucilagine”

“Red tide”

D. sacculus

Max abundance

spring and autumn

D. acuminata?

spring

In a low abundances (200 cells l-1) occurred D. fortii D. caudata

spring

summer

PSP toxicity events in the Northern Adriatic Sea

DSP toxic species

TOXIC ALGAE AND SHELLFISH

TOXICITY

Special Topic: alien benthic species

Caulerpa taxifolia

Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea

Callinectes sapidus

Melibe fimbriata

Siphonaria pectinata

Acrothamnion preissii

Colpomenia peregrina

Asparagopsis taxiformis

Ficopomatus enigmaticus

Changes in Adriatic Sea ichthyofauna: 40 new species from

1996

climate changes

insufficently investigated

ichthyofauna

anthropogenic input and fishing

pressure

Lessepian migrations

Reasons of new records:

Increase in number of previously rare species due to climate changes

Fistularia commersonii

Lobotes surinamensis

Caranx crysos

Sphyraena viridensis Pomatomus saltatrix Sparisoma cretense

Lessepsian migrant

Elates ransonnetii From ballast waters

Terapon theraps

Lessepsian migrant

Macroalgae and seagrasses as bioindicators for water quality

assessment according to EU Water Framework Directive in the Adriatic

Sea (2007-2011)

The aim: to assess the coastal and

transitional waters ecological status

using robust, scientifically verified

bioindicators based on solid ecological

information

Supported by projects “Benthic biodiversity in dynamic environment of Middle Adriatic” (Croatian Ministry of Science,

Education and Sports) and “Implementation of monitoring quality of coastal and transitional waters in the Adriatic Sea

according to EU Water Framework Directive” (Croatian Water Agency)

Application of knowledge on Adriatic

macroalgal and seagrass communities and their

relation to ecological factors to extensive

testing of WFD compliant bioindicator methods

in the Adriatic Sea

Estimation of ecological status in water bodies of transitional and

coastal waters according to the EU WFD (technical basis for drafting the

Law on sea water protection)

“Hvar” ekspedicija

Investigation of fisheries resources in the Adriatic Sea

MEDITS

FAO AdriaMed

SOLEMON

Dep Sea Survey

DCF 2012/2014

• Demersal

• Pelagic

• Small scalle

• Tuna

UWTV Survey

12/13/2013 20

LEGEND

Ship routes in channels

Ship routes in open sea

SA

TRACMED

1,3%

TRACTRA

60,6%SPICFLE

1,0% SPICSMA

0,3%

SARIAUR

3,5%

SCOMJAP

7,7%

BOOPBOO

2,3%

APHIMIN

23,2%

MEDIAS

PRIMO

1948/49

1996/2006

1948/49

1996/2006

SELACHIANS COMMERCIALY IMPORTANT

SPECIES

Critical area (spawning and nursery area)

MARICULTURE FARMS IN CROATIA: finfish, shellfish, BFT

BFT reproduction in the cages (maturation in the cage)

600 specimens stocked in 2007

Av. weight 60 kg

Interaction of BFT with small pelagic fisheries

00:24

Stereoscopic camera –

a non invasive tool for stock assessment at the point of stocking

Sea bream predation on shellfish farm

Shape of teeth

has changed !!!

Acoustic devices to protect shellfish farms against predators

Anisakis spp.

Parasite Risk Assessment with Integrated Tools in EU fish

production value chains

MEDAS database

Marin Environmental

Database of the

Adriatic Sea

ORACLE 11.2

GIS layer

about 80% of all measurements from Adriatic sea

Physical oceanography data, chemical data in process

TCP/IP connection (trough Internet)

Database driven web pages

Data exchange

Interface to other applications

International cooperation (1/6)

ADRICOSM : integrated coastal zone management system in

the Adriatic Sea (Italy, Croatia)

EACE : East Adriatic Coastal Experiment (USA, Croatia)

MEDITS (EU FP6) : An international bottom trawl survey in

the Mediterranean

MAMA (EU FP6) : Mediterranean network to Assess

and upgrade Monitoring and forecasting Activity in the

region (EU FP6)

PELMON : Determination Of Small Pelagic Fish Echo-

Surveying Zones In The Adriatic Sea

(Italy, Croatia)

DOLCEVITA : Dynamics of Localized Currents and Eddy

Variability in the Adriatic (Italy, Croatia)

International cooperation (2/6)

MEDAR – MEDATLAS II : rescue, safeguard and make available a

comprehensive dataset of oceanographic parameters collected in the

Mediterranean and Black Sea

IOF – referral centre for Croatia

IODE : International Oceanographic Data and Information

Exchange , (IOC – UNESCO)

IOF – referral centre for Croatia

SEA-SEARCH (EU FP5) : pan-European infrastructure

for ocean and marine data management

IOF – referral centre for Croatia

SIPAM : promote aquaculture. collect, organize and

use local aquaculture data.

IOF – referral centre for Croatia

ADRIAMED : promote cooperative fishery and resource

management between the countries of the Adriatic Sea

(Italy, Croatia, Albania, Slovenia) IOF – coordination and

referral centre for Croatia, Slovenia and Albania

DEMMON : Demersal fisheries monitoring

and management along eastern Adriatic

coast -Croatian territorial waters

(Croatia-Norwey)

International cooperation (3/6)

SESAME(EU FP6) : Southern European Seas Assessing

and Modeling Ecosystem changes (EU FP6)

AIA : Aquacultura in the Adriatic (INTERREG IIIA)

improving and diversifying bivalve aquaculture in the

Adriatic.

NASCUM : North Adriatic Surface Current Mapping

Program (INTERREG IIIA)

ADRIASAFE –ALGAEADRIA (INTERREG IIIA): creation of

Adriatic network for data transmission (data of

toxic species and biotoxins)

International cooperation (4/6)

SEA-DATA NET (EU FP 6) IOF : pan-European

infrastructure for ocean and marine data management

IOF - referral centre for Croatia

SIPAM : promote aquaculture. collect, organize and

use local aquaculture data.

IOF – referral centre for Croatia

TMEWS (NOAA): Towards a meteotsunami

warning system along the U.S. coastline

NEURAL

Interpreting and forecasting Adriatic surface currents by

an artificial brain)

International cooperation (5/6)

CREAM (EU FP7): Coordinating research in support to

application of EAF (Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries) and

management advice in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

SEA-DATA NET (EU FP 7) IOF : pan-European

infrastructure for ocean and marine data management

IOF - referral centre for Croatia

PERSEUS (EU FP7) : Policy-oriented marine

Environmental Research in theSouthern EUropean

Seas)

EUROFLEETS (EU FP7) European Ocean Research Fleets -

Towards a Common Strategy and

Enhanced Use

International cooperation (6/6)

AquaMed (EU FP7) : knowledge-based strategy for

the sustainable development of Mediterranean

aquaculture

PARASITE (EU FP7)

Parasite risk assesment with integrated tools in EU

fish production value chains

HAZADR (IPA Adriatic)

(Strengthening common reaction capacity to fight sea

pollution of oil, toxic and hazardous substances

in Adriatic Sea)

ARAMACC

Annually Resolved Archives of MArine Climate Change

In 2011 IOF has become the member of

ESF

(European Science Fundation) Marine Board

In 2012 IOF is nominated as National Marine

Referral Centre by Croatian goverment

NOMINATIONS

Acta Adriatica

Institute has been publishing the journal

Acta Adriatica for the past 80 years.

Publishes Croatian and foreign original

scientific contributions on the oceanography

and marine fisheries.

International editorial board

Included in WoS journals