NECCTON - New Copernicus Capability for Trophic Ocean Networks

Events

4th - 6th March 2025 – NECCTON Annual Meeting, hosted by OGS in Trieste – this is an in-person meeting with hybrid options.

19th-21st of March 2024 – NECCTON Annual Meeting, hosted by University of Liege. - an in person project meeting

28th-29th of June 2023 – NECCTON Stakeholder Workshop - Fully Online Event

March 12, 2026|News

NECCTON Launches Advanced Ocean Viewer, Bringing Europe’s Next-Generation Marine Ecosystem Data to the World

The NECCTON project has reached a major milestone with the public release of the NECCTON Ocean Viewer, an open, interactive web platform designed to transform how users explore, understand, and apply cutting edge marine ecosystem information. Now live at https://data.neccton.eu , the viewer delivers unprecedented access to a rapidly expanding catalogue of harmonised, cloud optimised datasets that ...

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March 3, 2026|Project Update

NECCTON Highlights Ecosystem Forecasting Developments at European Ocean Days

NECCTON Presented at European Ocean Days: Supporting Ecosystem Forecasting for EU Marine Policy During the Marine Knowledge for Ocean Health session at European Ocean Days, the coordinator of the NECCTON project outlined how Europe is developing the capacity to produce operational marine ecosystem forecasts and why this capability is increasingly relevant for policy and management....

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February 27, 2026|Project Update

NECCTON Co-Organises Marine Ecosystem Modelling Session at OSM26

At the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 in Glasgow (22–27 February 2026), NECCTON co-organised the session “Advancing Marine Ecosystem Modeling for a Predictable and Sustainable Ocean” together with OceanPredict’s Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction Task Team. ...

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March 2, 2026|News

Shaping the Future of Ocean Knowledge: NECCTON’s New Modelling Breakthroughs

The NECCTON project has reached an important milestone, unveiling a new generation of marine ecosystem models that promise to transform how we understand and manage our oceans....

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October 29, 2025|Project Update

Water Temperature Found to Drive Seasonal Shifts Between Dolphin Species in the Azores

A long-term study shows that common and Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Azores segregate seasonally based on sea surface temperature, with a key threshold around 21°C determining which species dominates the region....

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December 23, 2025|News

NECCTON Develops New Algorithms to Advance the Copernicus Marine Service

NECCTON has launched a suite of machine‑learning and data‑assimilation algorithms to help the Copernicus Marine Service better merge ocean models with a growing range of observations....

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News and Events

News and Updates

NECCTON Launches Advanced Ocean Viewer, Bringing Europe’s Next-Generation Marine Ecosystem Data to the World

NECCTON Highlights Ecosystem Forecasting Developments at European Ocean Days

Shaping the Future of Ocean Knowledge: NECCTON’s New Modelling Breakthroughs

NECCTON Co-Organises Marine Ecosystem Modelling Session at OSM26

Mapping Key Hot Spots to Help Protect Overfished Blackspot Seabream

NECCTON and OceanPredict Announce Upcoming Session on Policy-Ready Ecosystem Modelling at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026

NECCTON Develops New Algorithms to Advance the Copernicus Marine Service

NECCTON News December 2025

NECCTON Showcased at RISE UK–FR Event, Strengthening Franco-British Ocean Science

Water Temperature Found to Drive Seasonal Shifts Between Dolphin Species in the Azores

Mapping 25 Years of Micronekton Dynamics Across Changing Ocean Provinces

Advancing marine ecosystem modelling for Copernicus Marine Service

Advancing benthic and SPM modelling in NECCTON

NECCTON Video: The Future of Tuna – Managing Climate Risks and Sustaining Island Economies

New Tools to Map Marine Pressures and Risks Released

NECCTON ECOP Sarah Albernhe Successfully Defends PhD on Micronekton Dynamics and Ecosystem Modelling

NECCTON Showcases Climate-Driven Tuna Forecasts at UN Ocean Conference

Advancing Ocean Monitoring with Data Assimilation

Introducing fabmos: A New Tool for Efficient Biogeochemical Model Simulations

NECCTON to Present at the Copernicus Marine Service Phase 2 Kick-Off Event!

New NECCTON Report on PRISMA Hyperspectral Data Released!

Exciting News: Launch of the PlasticParcels Python Package!

New NECCTON publication

Plankton Detectives: Young Explorers Dive into Ocean Life at Fête de la Science

Interactive ecosystem modelling workshop

NECCTON at AMEMR 2024

NECCTON at the Ocean Decade Conference 2024

Webinar: NECCTON participating in AIR CENTRE NETWORKING FRIDAYS sessions.

NECCTON PROJECT ENDORSED BY UN OCEAN DECADE PROGRAMME

NECCTON Releases Best Practices Guide for Model Development

NECCTON new video

Better models for ocean conservation: Horizon Europe guarantee

NECCTON’s Latest: Reports on Advancements in Key Products

NECCTON’s first Virtual Science Meeting

NECCTON Co-Design Stakeholder Workshop

Advancing the Conservation of Ocean Biodiversity through Copernicus Marine Service Evolution

NECCTON at the Digital Ocean Forum

Mighty oceans and humble ponds play key roles in biodiversity

Data formats discussion for future NECCTON products has started

Toulouse hosts the launch of the NECCTON project

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NECCTON Launches Advanced Ocean Viewer, Bringing Europe’s Next-Generation Marine Ecosystem Data to the World

NECCTON Highlights Ecosystem Forecasting Developments at European Ocean Days

NECCTON Co-Organises Marine Ecosystem Modelling Session at OSM26

Shaping the Future of Ocean Knowledge: NECCTON’s New Modelling Breakthroughs

Water Temperature Found to Drive Seasonal Shifts Between Dolphin Species in the Azores

NECCTON Develops New Algorithms to Advance the Copernicus Marine Service