the galway statement on atlantic ocean cooperation was signed and a research alliance was launched in may at the marine institute galway ireland this historical agreement focused on aligning ocean observations and research among the three participants other potential areas for cooperation include sharing of data such as on temperature salinity and acidity interoperability and coordination of observing infrastructures such as measurement buoys and research vessels sustainable management of ocean resources seabed and benthic habitat mapping promoting researcher mobility and identifying and recommending future research priorities research on aquaculture is one of the main issues in the alliance