Together with Zadar Cruise Port — GPH, we’ve implemented a unique app that allows the local community, cruise guests and all interested individuals to track sea quality indicators and potential pollution indicators in Zadar’s passenger port!
Via QR codes strategically placed across the passenger terminal, users can easily access the app from their mobile phones and other devices and examine sea quality data, with no additional costs or third parties involved.
“Monitoring the quality of seawater is of crucial importance for preserving marine ecosystems, protecting public health, and supporting sustainable economic activities,” stated Rebeka V. Pevec, MBA, General Manager of Zadar Cruise Port.
The main goal of this collaboration is to achieve transparency in monitoring the impact of large cruise ships on the coastal waters and to ensure effective environmental protection of the marine ecosystem in Zadar County.
“Only by using a holistic approach can we transform existing business models and achieve the long-term sustainable use and preservation of the marine environment,” said Mario Špadina, CEO of SeaCras.
Sincere thanks to Zadar Cruise Port for the exceptional teamwork — we look forward to carrying on the successful partnership and joint work on monitoring the quality and sustainability of the marine environment!
SeaCras and DIH Innovamare, in cooperation with leading scientific and research institutions, are working to create the first strategic technological partnership in the Adriatic – at the same time, one of the first of its kind in the world based on the uniqueness of the integrated approach. This project is focused on large-scale marine monitoring and conservation, and includes state-of-the-art technologies and is open to cooperation with all interested parties.
At the heart of this strategic partnership is the development of “Marine Monitoring 5.0” – an advanced system that combines extensive data collection (the so-called Big Data approach), artificial intelligence for their sophisticated interpretation and precise assessments of future trends.
The strategic partnership is created for the integration of several types of advanced solutions, such as satellite surveillance, surface robotic vessels, smart buoys, ecological sampling and the creation of predictive models as a powerful set of technological tools for preserving the marine environment with low greenhouse gas emissions.
This cooperation will enable numerous end-users to provide solutions for a wide range of challenges – through one call or inquiry, ranging from monitoring of sudden pollution to analysis of marine biochemistry, including detection of metals and other types of impacts at the sea.
Together, we aim to leverage our strengths, drive innovation, and create value for our members! Together, we aim to leverage our strengths, drive innovation, and create value for our members! This is the call to action – transparency and sustainability is a must.
An inspiring conference was held at the University of Zadar titled ‘SUSTAINABLE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY DEGRADATION DRIVEN BY MARINE TECHNOLOGIES,’ which SeaCras co-organized together with the Digital Innovation HUB Innovamare, University of Zadar, Zadar County Development Agency Zadra Nova, and the Croatian Chamber of Economy.
Four highly informative round tables covered a wide range of topics, including maritime technologies for digital transformation, challenges in aquaculture and fisheries, the future of shipbuilding and maritime transport, and the importance of sustainable tourism on the coast and at sea.
This was a great opportunity for networking with other sectors, both from the private and public sectors. The conference provided a wealth of valuable perspectives and opened many topics that will be of great importance for the further development of a sustainable blue economy.
“The response to the risks and threats posed by climate change as a global challenge must necessarily be a global initiative.”
Operationally and in practice, this is not an easy task, which makes the existing joint venture and collaborative effort of the EU and the USA vital.
Furthermore, the implementation of mitigation and prevention actions at all levels of society and governance in each country independently is an even larger issue to resolve. This sets the tone to make private companies key players in leading the wave of changes.
Quoting the U.S. Ambassador: “Climate and economic aspects go hand in hand, and planning the green future is good business planning.”
Businesses need to facilitate the shift in paradigm by implementing environmental and climate risk data in daily operations. This step requires technology providers to provide the tools to address climate security threats – and there are many already available. One example is SeaCras’s ESG data service for marine environments, compliant with ESRS and GRI standards.
A great conference organized by the International Institute for Climate Action (IICA); congratulations to Marija Pujo Tadić for leading the way in connecting all these stakeholders.
We are honoured to have been invited to present our work at a workshop titled EMODnet Marine Data for the Coastal Tourism Sector (26-27 September), which was co-organised by the European Commission Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet).
During the session Use cases of open-source EMODnet and wider data and data products to support, optimise, and innovate the coastal tourism sector, our CEO, Mario Špadina, talked about his efforts over the last couple of years in bringing marine data and satellite technologies to coastal tourism in Croatia, with the goal of sustainable marine resource management.
Driven by a scientific mindset, Mario focused on constructive feedback, primarily within our own sector of industry and academia, and explained how integrated biochemical and physical marine data, along with surveillance and anthropogenic activity data, are used to deliver estimates of environmental pressures on coastal and remote areas. We showcased some marine protected areas, natural parks, Natura 2000 sites, as well as urbanized coastlines on islands.
Some of the more pronounced influences on Croatia’s coastal marine environment are nautical tourism and overpopulated coastlines during the touristic season, which add additional pressure on sewage water discharges.
Big thanks to the organisers and fellow presenters — the workshop was highly relevant and essential for the interconnected goals of restoring the marine environment and preserving coastal tourism.
