Sample elaborations, data analyses, results and conclusions from the seagoing MOSAiC and SAS expeditions in the Central Arctic Ocean

This study contains results of data and sample analysis from two icebreaker expeditions in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) that are critical for future fish stock modelling and assessment studies: the MOSAiC expedition 2019-2020 and the SAS-Oden expedition in summer 2021 for collecting field data.

The project, funded under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, was highly exploratory, not only in its uniqueness of analysing ecosystem data from this remote area, but also in the development and adaptation of the applied methods. This innovative methodology forms the basis of the recommendations for the Joint Program for Scientific Research and Monitoring (JPSRM) of the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement (CAOFA) provided in this study.