VLIZ will coordinate work package 2 on data management, access and interoperability, and will lead Task 2.2 - Making it FAIR: making project output data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. VLIZ will also be involved in WP3 Task 3.1 - data collection and mapping physical, chemical and biological variables of the pelagic ecosystem, and in task 3.3 on new biogeography of pelagic biomes. It will also be involved in task 3.4 on fish species distribution and abundance of key species.