This deliverable is the contribution from Task 6.1 of Aquarius project (Aqua Research Infrastructure Services for the health and protection of our unique, oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems)

The task 6.1 is included in WP6 on Data Management and Open Science Practices towards serving the targets of the Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’, the European Partnership ‘A climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy’ and associated initiatives and projects. The main aims of WP6 are;

• Ensure TA project researchers benefit from Copernicus, GEOSS, EMODnet and the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) initiatives, while making their TA project results available for these initiatives;
• Plan, develop and operate a federated data management and analytical system for supporting the implementation of an Open Data Strategy; this system will give FAIR access to new data, data products, and scientific knowledge, derived from the TA projects, through a common AQUARIUS Dataflow Dashboard.

This task T6.1 involves analyzing data gaps and data availability. This analysis will aid in formulating the TA Calls for proposals and selecting proposals for each TA call by identifying the most useful and relevant data to collect for each lighthouse region. It is composed of:

• Analysing knowledge targets of the Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’, the European Partnership ‘A climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy’, the ‘Marine Strategy Framework Directive’ and the ‘Green Deal’.
• Reviewing existing and known data availability for European waters in RIs, EMODnet, Copernicus, and beyond, for supporting research into the knowledge targets, identifying data gaps that might be included as targets in the TA project Calls.