The cruise aimed to map with the multibeam the Gulf of Naples testing the new instruments installed on board Gaia Blue and to produce a high resolution and updated morphobathymetric map of the area to be compared with the existing data.

Distribution of the ARPA monitoring station along the Apulian coast in the framework of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Activities envisaged for monitoring the following elements: Module 1 – Chemical-physical parameters of the water column, pelagic habitats, floating waste Module 2 – Microplastics Module 3 – Non-native species Module 4 – Beached Waste Descriptor 5 – Eutrophication (activities carried out in modules 6A, 6F) Descriptor 8 - Contamination (sediments and biota) Module 7 – Coralligenous habitat Module 8 – Habitat of the funds in Rodoliti Module 9 – Seabed habitat subjected to physical damage Module 10 – Habitat of Posidonia oceanica meadows ​