Project: Environment: Support of the fisheries and oceanographic research campaigns of the General Secretariat of the Sea Activity: Environment Product: MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT Geographic data: España Start date: November 2005 End date: June 2008 Tragsatec has an expert team in marine mapping, whose goal is to study the ocean floor through the mapping of depths, analyzing the quality of the land and its morphology, as well as the distribution of marine animal and plant species Its research campaigns, which are being carried out on board ships of the General Secretariat of the Sea, provide very valuable information on the biodiversity and its state of conservation, applicable to other sectors of great economic importance, such as the pharmaceutical, fisheries and food industries. This multidisciplinary group of professionals is currently collaborating in several projects with other institutions and companies, such as AZTI-Tecnalia, a technological centre for marine and food research, or the Energy Cluster, both based in the Basque Country, and the Department of Environment and Climate Change at the University of Oviedo.