{"id":62,"date":"2026-05-03T14:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:29:46","slug":"about-medits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"About MEDITS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About MEDITS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEDITS is an international scientific programme focused on bottom trawl surveys in the Mediterranean Sea. It supports the collection of comparable information on demersal fishery resources, benthic communities and ecosystem indicators through coordinated survey methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme is designed around common standards: coordinated sampling, shared biological measurements, harmonised documentation and comparable outputs across participating areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns medits-card-grid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column medits-card is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Monitor demersal resources<\/li><li>Support scientific assessment<\/li><li>Improve comparability between areas<\/li><li>Maintain long-term survey information<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column medits-card is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Standardised sampling protocols<\/li><li>Common survey documentation<\/li><li>Biological and technical data collection<\/li><li>International scientific collaboration<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edit this page to add the official history, coordination structure, participating countries, scientific committees and institutional acknowledgements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About MEDITS MEDITS is an international scientific programme focused on bottom trawl surveys in the Mediterranean Sea. It supports the collection of comparable information on demersal fishery resources, benthic communities and ecosystem indicators through coordinated survey methods. The programme is designed around common standards: coordinated sampling, shared biological measurements, harmonised documentation and comparable outputs across\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medits-project.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}