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December 2024

Dec 20
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#CienciasMariñasGal

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The Cidade da Cultura brings together 200 experts in a meeting of the marine sector with scientists from the Galician marine science programme

  • The conference, inaugurated by the Head of the Regional Department for Marine Issues, Mr. Alfonso Villares, brought together researchers and representatives of the regional administration, productive sectors and organisations from the marine field
  • The meeting served to evaluate the progress in observation and monitoring of the marine environment, sustainable aquaculture and social and economic transformation, as well as to debate the challenges of marine science and research in Galicia

The Galician Marine Science Programme held today the fifth assembly titled “Advances facing the identified challenges and meeting with the marine sectors”, brought together 200 experts at the Cidade da Cultura in Santiago de Compostela. It offered a space for dialogue and collaboration around the needs and challenges of Galicia’s marine sector aimed at being tackled by research.

The meeting was inaugurated by the Head of the Regional Department for Marine Issues, Mr. Alfonso Villares, accompanied by Francisco Saborido, scientific coordinator of the Programme and researcher at the Marine Research Institute-CSIC. Mr. Villares highlighted and thanked the work of the scientific community who enable the advances of the Galician Marine Science Programme. He referred to the programme as ‘an integrated model to manage the flow of scientific knowledge’ and ‘completely adapted to the environmental, socio-cultural, economic and institutional context of Galicia’.

He added: “From the Regional Department for Marine Issues we are proud of this Programme, key for the understanding of coastal and marine ecosystems and the improved management of their relationship with human activities”. A Programme that he defined as “pioneering and successful, result of the tenacity and perseverance of great professionals”.

Further details of the meeting

All the institutions that take part in the programme participated in the meeting, organised by IIM-CSIC, CETMAR and CIM (University of Vigo). Some of the institutions included are the Galician universities, the Galician Supercomputing Centre (Cesga) as well as the Galician Technological Institute for the Control of the Marine Environment (Intecmar), the Centre for Marine Research (CIMA) and the Galician Institute for Aquaculture Training (Igafa), dependent on the Regional Department for Marine Issues.

The event dealt with three topic blocks reflecting the importance of innovations in key areas, such as marine observation and monitoring, sustainable use of resources and resilience of coastal ecosystems. There were presented new observation platforms and technologies for a better knowledge of the state of the marine environment, its alterations and their impact, as well as advances for an increased knowledge on the state of resources and technologies to improve aquaculture, shellfish and fisheries production.

A virtual marine laboratory and extreme event simulators were some of the innovative initiatives presented. Additionally, there were shown some outstanding advances in the digitization of value chains in the fisheries sector, in the application of genomic tools for the improvement of aquaculture and shellfish farming production, and advances in the management and sustainable supply of mollusc’s seed.

Dec 04
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Exchange of knowledges

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The Winter School on emerging pollutants and disinfection by-products organized by the University of Porto

The Technology Centre of the Sea- CETMAR participated this week in the Winter School on ‘Emerging Contaminants (CECs) and Disinfection By-products (DBPs): Occurrence, Impact and Elimination’. Organised by the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP), University of Coimbra and NOVA School of Science and Technology of NOVA University of Lisbon, it was held in Vila Nova de Gaia supported by the NOR-WATER Network and the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster.

Framed in the BlueWWater, ALERT-PFAS, H2OforAll and MAR2PROTECT projects, the event intended to provide an overview on the current state of knowledge and latest developments related to the occurrence, impact and removal of disinfection by-products (DBPs), contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and microbial contamination. The goal was to offer solutions facing risks in the supply of safe drinking water and alternative water sources for agricultural production

Patricia Quintas, a project officer in the Environment and Marine Resources Control and Management Area of CETMAR, participated in the Winter School to present two actions coordinated by CETMAR. They were the BlueWWater project, on which she gave an overview, and the NOR-WATER Network, which aims at creating a multidisciplinary public-private meeting forum about pollutants of emerging concern, to create opportunities for research and technological developments.

The Winter School included, among other activities, a section specifically devoted to PhD students, who had the opportunity to present a poster presentation and do networking with university experts. There were also several workshops on European directives on drinking water, water reuse and urban wastewater treatment or future challenges.

More than 250 people attended the event, making it a great success and reaffirming the relevance of knowledge sharing regarding pollutants management.

Dec 02
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International Cooperation

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CETMAR starts a new project in Peru to contribute to the diversification of small-scale fisheries and the adaptation to climate change

  • The VerTyCe project, funded by the Xunta de Galicia (Galician Regional Government) through Cooperación Galega, is supported by the Peruvian Ministry of Production
  • Two experts from CETMAR will travel to Sechura, Los Órganos and Cabo Blanco, in the department of Piura, during the first week of December to implement the activities planned in the project

The Technology Centre of the Sea – CETMAR, dependent of the Regional Department for Marine Issues, starts a new project in Peru to contribute to the adaptation to climate change of small-scale fisheries in the Department of Piura through a strategy focused on diversifying the sector.

Funded by the Xunta de Galicia through Cooperación Galega and supported by the Peruvian Ministry of Production (also called Produce) through the General Directorate of Small-Scale Fisheries (DGPA), Cetmar will continue the work developed lately in the Bay of Sechura with the Acuipesca Peru project. Now, it will promote actions to help producers and traders to reactivate the economy by improving the marketing system and creating initiatives linked to maritime-fishing tourism.

Two experts from CETMAR’s International Cooperation area will travel to Piura in the first week of December to launch the first activities of the project. They are focused firstly on the analysis of the current marketing system and the evaluation of the critical points and opportunities. To this effect, they will meet with representatives of the General Directorate of Small-Scale Fisheries of Produce, the Municipality of Sechura and two local associations of women marketers.

Secondly, the field mission will be devoted to a participatory diagnosis of the tourism potential of small-scale fishing communities in the Department of Piura. Contacts are planned with fishermen’s associations, municipalities and promoters of maritime-fishing tourism initiatives based on the small-scale fishing traditions in Los Órganos and Cabo Blanco.

The VerTyCe project will be developed over the next six months aimed at strengthening the improvement of commercialisation through women-led enterprises and establishing the conditions for sustainable tourism initiatives, thus diversifying the local fishing economy in the department of Piura.

The planned programme will be completed with actions to strengthen the technical skills of six representatives of the Ministries of Production and Foreign Trade and Tourism, as well as of the municipalities. In this way, once the project is finished, the promotion of initiatives to improve the marketing system and the maritime tourism will be guaranteed.