The AIR Centre is working to define scientific and technological initiatives to undertake in the Macaronesia and Sao Tome and Principe region. In coordination with GEO Blue Planet Initiative and the Marine Biodiversity Network (MBON), it is co-organizing a series of workshops in Faial (Azores, Portugal), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Portugal), Mindelo (Cape Verde), São Tome (Sao Tome and Principe) and Funchal (Madeira Island, Portugal) during October 2108 until July 2019. The workshops aim to identify Earth Observation (EO) ocean and coastal needs for fisheries, marine aquaculture, biodiversity and marine spatial planning in the region. This initiative is aligned with the Praia Declaration topic “Marine Resources and Biodiversity: Promote Sustainable Fisheries, aquaculture and ecosystem valorization”, signed by eight countries at the 3rd AIR Centre High Level Dialogue that took place in Praia, Cape Verde, May 7-8, 2018. Image Credits: MODIS Rapid Response team.