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Commission release report on European Integrated Ocean Observation

The European Commission's Expert Group on Marine Research Infrastructures (MRI) has released their final report proposing 13 key recommendations in the areas of ocean observation governance, socio-economic value, technological developments and data management. The MRI Expert Group was established in 2010 to pursue the EU Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research objective of promoting European marine research infrastructures. Organized by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, the MRI Expert Group brought together European marine scientists and data managers, with invited stakeholders including the European Marine Board, European Environment Agency and JPI 'Oceans'