Implementing socio-ecological models into the European Digital Twin Ocean to guide real-world problem-solving and policy creation
Funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Program, SURIMI is a €3.4 million, 3-year project (2024-2027). SURIMI’s mission is to build partnerships with stakeholders from industry, science, policy, and society to develop nine socio-ecological models for integration into the European Digital Twin Ocean of the Ocean (EUDTO). The EU DTO is a virtual model of the ocean that integrates vast amounts of data to provide a comprehensive, real-time understanding of the complex and dynamic ocean system. With access to ecological and fisheries data alongside economic and social data, SURIMI will use Natural Language Processors (NLPs) to improve the EU DTO’s ability to support informed decision-making and policy development in marine management strategy evaluation (MSE) analyses in European waters.