Dabrowski Tomasz - Ifremer

Symposium Biarritz 2011, 18-21 October 2011Summary - modelling system functionalitiesModelling of ocean physics, biogeochemistry and shellfish growth and their impacts onthe environment (easily adaptable to other species)Examine impacts on productivity and the ecosystem locally, at the bay level and at theregional level – estimate ecological and production carrying capacity• Relocate farms• Add / remove farms• Increase / decrease stockModels are run operationally and the outputs are publicly available through a dedicatedserverBut:It needs an expert user – an ocean modeller to run. Bantry Bay application iscomputationally expensive (~5 mln computational cells), requires access to HPCfacilities. Requires downscaling of solutions due to complex frontal dynamics (attained tothrough EASYCO project) for accuracy.“Investing in ourcommon future.”