EOJELLY is an Earth Observation (EO) or remote-sensing program focused on the prediction of jellyfish appearance in European waters. EOJELLY is supported by the European Space Agency (ESA). The EOJELLY model is based on a neural network, it uses ENVISAT as well as MERCATOR data and it is validated and calibrated by in-situ means. The EOJELLY team is formed by Starlab, CSIC and TechWorks, and a core user group consisting of European organizations.

The EOJELLY project is currently implementing a jellyfish forecasting model in the Mediterranean Sea. This will lead to an operational service for the prediction of this gelatinous zooplankton extended to all European waters.

Within the scope of the EOJELLY project, a trial will be conducted during the summer of 2009 in NW Mediterranean waters, with ACA, the Catalan Water Agency, and in the NE Atlantic with Irish aquaculture users.

About us

In the last years, STARLAB has been a successful EO services provider, whereby a strong relationship with a large number of water quality users and stakeholders was developed.

In 2008, a new service line was envisioned to complement the Water Quality Service portfolio: the prediction of jellyfish occurrence on North Western Mediterranean coasts, where the massive appearance of jellyfish has an important social and economic negative impact. It was then when Starlab started working on a neural network to predict jellyfish blooms.

CSIC-CMIMA had been studying different aspects of the ecology, taxonomy and importance of gelatinous
zooplankton during the last decade. They provide to EOJELLY with their valuable experience on the research and monitoring of jellyfish species over the NW Mediterranean.

TECHWORKS MARINE, an Irish company devoted to marine monitoring with extensive experience providing solutions to the aquaculture industry, contributes to the EOJELLY project with in-situ observations in Irish waters and oceanographic knowledge on the NE Atlantic area.