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Nov 20
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Avances Apromex

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La Xunta presenta los resultados de los trabajos realizados para la gestión de la mejilla en el marco del proyecto Apromex, en el que participa CETMAR

  • La Consellería do Mar está impulsando diversas iniciativas con el objetivo de garantizar la sostenibilidad y desarrollo de este recurso acuícola estratégico
  • En esta iniciativa participan el Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIMA) y el Centro Tecnológico del Mar-Fundación CETMAR, y se centra en el análisis de la población de semilla de mejillón y su gestión

El Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIMA), dependiente de la Consellería del Mar, acogió hoy una jornada de presentación de los avances alcanzados en el proyecto Apromex y en la que también se dieron a conocer otras actuaciones promovidas por la Consellería do Mar con la finalidad de fomentar el intercambio de conocimiento.

En el evento estuvo presente el director xeral de Pesca, Acuicultura e Innovación Tecnolóxica, Antonio Basanta, acompañado por la directora xeral de Desenvolvemento Pesqueiro, Marta Villaverde, quien destacó la importancia del sector mejillonero en Galicia, y su papel fundamental para la economía y la identidad de la comunidad. También subrayó la apuesta del Gobierno gallego por la innovación y la colaboración entre las instituciones, la ciencia y el sector productivo como el mejor camino para enfrentar los desafíos actuales y futuros.

Así, Antonio Basanta puso en valor que la Consellería do Mar está impulsando diversas iniciativas con el objetivo de garantizar la sostenibilidad y el desarrollo de este recurso acuícola estratégico.  Estas actividades, coordinadas por el Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIMA) cuentan además con el apoyo de centros como el Centro Tecnológico del Mar-Fundación CETMAR y la Universidad de Vigo y están cofinanciadas por el Fondo Europeo Marítimo, de Pesca y Acuicultura (FEMPA).

En este contexto es en el que está enmarcado el proyecto Apromex, liderado por la Dirección Xeral de Pesca, Acuicultura e Innovación Tecnológica a través del CIMA y con el apoyo técnico de CETMAR, centrado en el análisis de la población de semilla de mejillón y su gestión. En esta anualidad se continuó con un gran esfuerzo en actividades de muestreo para evaluación del estado del recurso en la roca. Así, en este evento se mostraron los porcentajes de mejilla en la roca a lo largo de la costa de gallega, incluyendo los obtenidos en los muestreos previos a la campaña de extracción de semilla de mejillón de este año.

La información, accesible a través de una sencilla herramienta de consulta, facilitará al sector la planificación de sus actividades de extracción, basándose en un conocimiento más detallado de la distribución del recurso.

Otras iniciativas

Además de los avances en el marco de Apromex, durante la jornada se presentaron otras iniciativas relevantes impulsadas por la Consellería do Mar como el muestreo semanal de larvas en las rías gallegas, iniciativa dirigida por el CIMA y desarrollada por el CINBIO de la Universidad de Vigo y cuyos informes se pueden consultar a través de la página web de Intecmar. También el proyecto Capacitamex, liderado por CETMAR, para la transferencia de resultados de las iniciativas impulsadas por la consellería a las asociaciones de productores de mejillón, y la información para el sector contenida en la plataforma de Pescadegalicia presentada por NUNEGAL consulting.

En relación al muestreo semanal de larvas de mejillón,  se presentará información  sobre la presencia de larvas de moluscos en determinadas estaciones fijas ubicadas en las rías gallegas, incluido el mejillón. Próximamente se habilitará una nueva herramienta de consulta de esta información en la página web de Apromex que simplificará el análisis de los actuales informes semanales.

Espacio de intercambio

Esta cita reunió a productores, técnicos e investigadores y permitió tanto conocer novedades asociadas al sector como discutir las estrategias y soluciones que se están explorando para garantizar la sostenibilidad y el desarrollo continuo del sector. Fue una jornada no solo para compartir resultados, sino también para posibilitar el diálogo entre el tejido productor, las administraciones y el sector de la investigación.

Nov 18
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Pollutants in the coastal environment

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The BlueWWater partnership advances in the development of new methods to treat and reduce microplastics and emerging pollutants in the coastal environment between Galicia and Portugal

The European project BlueWWater, coordinated by the Technology Centre of the Sea- CETMAR, is making progress in the objective of controlling and reducing the presence of microplastics and emerging pollutants in both urban wastewater and the coastal environment between Galicia and northern Portugal.

The institutions working on this initiative, co-financed by the European Union through the INTERREG VI-A Spain-Portugal Cooperation Programme (POCTEP) 2021-2027, met on Thursday 7th November at the Aquatic Environment Research Institute for Global Health (iARCUS) of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) for the third coordination project meeting, reporting on the progress of the project.

During the meeting, organized by the Chromatography and Chemometrics Research Group (ChromChem) of the USC, the partners reviewed the advances in the development and optimization of methods for the evaluation of pollutants and microplastics, almost finished.  It will allow automated and standardized analysis in surface water (river and coastal) and wastewater samples. Twelve external laboratories will participate in the validation of this new analytical method, to be carried out through an interlaboratory comparison (ILCs).

In addition to this activity, led by the USC with the participation of the Technology Institute for the Control of the Marine Environment (INTECMAR), Water and Energy from Porto (E.M.) and IEO-CSIC, the BlueWWater consortium analyzed the planning and coordination of the first sampling campaign of river and coastal waters and Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP), to be carried out this month in Galicia and in northern Portugal. The samplings were planned in line with the guidelines of the recently approved Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

Meanwhile, the efficiency of various pilot treatments for the removal of pollutants is being assessed. Also, the study of the potential reuse of treated water for use in agriculture is planned together with  another study on environmental risk based on ecotoxicological tests, while work is being developed in models to evaluate the dispersion of pollutants in the aquatic environment.

All these activities, coordinated by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), include the participation of Water and Energy from Porto, E.M. (AEdP), the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), IEO-CSIC, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) and the Water Technology Centre (CETAQUA).

Regarding the environmental education and awareness-raising activities planned in  BlueWWater there was, among other activities, the production of an educational video ‘O ciclo de vida do plástico’ (The life cycle of plastic), the clean-up campaigns in the Limia and Miño rivers and the placement of an eco-barrier in Ribeiro de S. Gonçalo (Miño river).  Some of these activities were part of the INTERREG Cooperation Day on 21st September.

NOR-WATER Network

CETMAR is leading efforts to boost and consolidate the NOR-WATER network, born in a previous project with the aim of setting a forum for multidisciplinary public-private collaboration in the field of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs).

Efforts are now focused on the development of a catalogue of skills and technological offer; a website is being designed to include this catalogue, as well as an interactive skills map and a database with information about CECs projects and resources.

Further to the project coordination meeting, the BlueWWater partners attended on Friday morning to the workshop ‘Present and future of the contamination of the aquatic environment by emerging pollutants and microplastics’, which took place in the auditorium of the iARCUS of the USC, with the participation of entities from the scientific and technological field.

This workshop was organized by the USC ChromChem Group and iARCUS in the BlueWWater project and in collaboration with the NePMTune project (Protecting the circular water economy from the threat of persistent, mobile and toxic chemicals), funded by the National Research Agency and the European Union through the NextGeneration/PRTR funds.

The aim of the workshop was to analyze methods and technologies to determine, treat and remove pollutants, as well as the challenges of the recent approval of the new Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

Speakers discussed the challenges of the Directive regarding the monitoring of pollutants and the ecotoxicological studies and environmental impact analyses in the aquatic environment. Studies on the reuse of treated water for crop irrigation were presented, and there were debate on solutions for the elimination of micropollutants with quaternary treatments in WWTPs that allow progress towards energy neutrality.

About the BlueWWater consortium

Together with CETMAR, coordinating BlueWWater, the consortium includes INTECMAR, the University of Santiago de Compostela, CETAQUA Galicia and IEO-CSIC. The Portuguese partners include the Faculties of Engineering and Science of the University of Porto, CIIMAR, Water and Energy from Porto E.M, Aquamuseu from Vilanova de Cerveira and Environmental Interpretation Centre from Viana do Castelo.

The partnership is also supported by an advisory panel made up of Waters from Galicia, the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation, the Portuguese Environment Agency, Aguas del Norte S.A., Labaqua, S.A. and Viaqua Water Integral Management from Galicia.

This action is co-financed by the European Union through the INTERREG VI-A Spain – Portugal Cooperation Programme (POCTEP) 2021-2027.

Nov 18
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NatMIRC

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Galicia and Namibia show their interest in renewing the Memorandum of Understanding within a general framework project to be signed with the Kingdom of Spain

  • The agreement would strengthen the relationship between the region and the African country in terms of research, cooperation and fisheries management, as well as the generation of added value
  • Mr. Villares consolidates the historical collaboration between the two regions, which allowed the building of a station supplying fry to the aquaculture sector of the South African country, supported by the research action from CETMAR
  • The regional representative continues with the goal of creating institutional and economic alliances as a driving force for the promotion of the Galician maritime-fishing sector

The Regional Department for Marine Issues and the Namibian Government  show their interest in renewing the Memorandum of Understanding within a general framework project to be signed with the Kingdom of Spain. The agreement aims at keeping the collaboration in terms of research, cooperation and fisheries management.

Addressed by the head of the department, Alfonso Villares, and the deputy minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia, Sylvia Makgone, it took place yesterday in a working meeting, during the presence of the Namibian leader at the Second Global Seafood Sustainability Forum, held in Vigo.

This agreement would strengthen bilateral cooperation and development in research and fisheries management, as well as the generation of added value. For this reason, Galicia Regional Government (Xunta) hopes that the Spanish Department will take effective and rapid steps to carry out the process.

CETMAR in the spotlight

Therefore, Mr. Villares management allows to consolidate a historical relationship between the two regions, which led to among other actions, the building of a station supplying fry to the aquaculture sector in the area. It also promoted various research projects to advance knowledge of sustainable commercial species and to evaluate ecosystem, with CETMAR in the spotlight.

This agreement would therefore contribute to further enhance the work of the Centre, which already made it possible the project with the Namibian National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC), focusing on the assessment of fishery resources, stock assessment and monitoring of fish stocks.

With this meeting, the regional representative continues the round of contacts with the heads of various international governments in which the Galician maritime-fishing sector has a significant impact. The objective is to create institutional and economic synergies with a driving force on the Galician economy and, consequently, to increase the competitiveness of the maritime-industry chain and strengthen its presence in the countries where fisheries is a heavyweight.

Regarding Namibia, where the primary sector accounts for 18.5% of GDP, fisheries accounts for 2.6%. Trade relations are precisely focused in this area, accounting for 90% of Spanish imports. In 2024, exports exceed 40 million Euros.

Nov 18
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VI SIBECORP

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CETMAR participates in the organisation of the VI SIBECORP, a scientific forum on Latin American fisheries that brings together a hundred researchers in Portugal.

  • The Latin-American Symposium on Reproductive Ecology, Recruitment and Fisheries will last until Friday 15th November at the IPMA headquarters in Oeiras
  • The congress is promoted by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere together with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, with the collaboration of the Technology Centre of the Sea as technical secretariat of Red Invipesca

One hundred researchers belonging to more than 35 institutions from a dozen countries are participating from Monday until 15th November in the sixth edition of the ‘Latin American Symposium on Reproductive Ecology, Recruitment and Fisheries-SIBECORP’, held in Portugal.  the Technology Centre of the Sea-CETMAR, dependent on the Regional Department for Marine Issues, was in charge of its organization through the technical secretariat of Red Invipesca.

The congress is organized by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), together with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), and will be held in a hybrid format (face-to-face and virtually) at the IPMA headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal.

Consolidated as an outstanding forum for scientific discussion for the promotion and application of the ecosystem approach in the assessment of Latin American fisheries, the aim of this sixth edition is to continue enriching knowledge around these topics.

The symposium will allow the exchange of the latest research advances and the generation of new professional alliances among participants from 12 countries: Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, France and the Philippines. Researchers will present nearly a hundred papers in oral and poster sessions.

The presentations are divided into four thematic sessions on reproductive strategies of aquatic organisms, reproductive potential and resilience, recruitment and reproductive success, and reproductive ecology and fisheries management. The program also included two pre-congress courses on 7th and 8th November, and a post-congress course on 18th November.

SIBECORP is an initiative of the Latin American Network of Fisheries Research-Red Invipesca, with CETMAR in charge of the technical secretariat and its activities funded by the Regional Department for Marine Issues.

SIBECORP held its first edition in Vigo in 2009 and since then four other editions have been held in Argentina (2012), Brazil (2015), Chile (2018) and Colombia (2021). Up to now, with the participation of representatives from a dozen countries nearly half a thousand papers have been presented.

As in previous editions, the SIBECORP event responds to the concern of Latin American researchers to promote collaboration between their countries, given the importance of marine and inland fisheries as a vital economic resource for Latin America, Spain and Portugal. On this basis, the symposium aims at identifying and defining lines of research of common interest and to encourage joint projects promoting cooperation in fisheries research.

Registration for this new edition is still open through the symposium’s website, which also gathers all the information about the VI SIBECORP.

Red Invipesca

In addition to participating in the organization of the symposium, and with the support of the Regional Department for Marine Issues through CETMAR, Red  Invipesca is developing other actions to enrich collaboration between marine research institutions in the Latin American area.

Accordingly, Invipesca drew up a map of researchers and research institutions in the marine field in Latin America and developed several exchange actions to develop common strategic lines. The network also serves as an outreach channel for different funding lines for the implementation of projects.

With a view to drawing up the priority lines of action for the next three years, the members of Red Invipesca will participate in the Annual Assembly of the Network during the SIBECORP event.

Nov 14
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ORE

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Cetmar presents in Brussels the first results of the Flores project on training needs in the marine renewable energy sector (ORE)

  • The European consortium, which estimates that 124,000 new vacancies will be generated in Europe in 2030, works on improving the skills of current workers and preparing the future workforce, with a focus on training
  • The head of Cetmar’s Training area, Lucía Fraga, presented the progress of the project at the meeting of the working group of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Shipbuilding, Ship Repair and Ship restructuring

The first results of the Flores project, “Vision for the future of marine renewable energies”, were presented this week in Brussels by CETMAR, which dependant on the Regional Department for Marine Issues, coordinates the project that works for the development of tools and activities that strengthen the ORE skills.

During a meeting of the working group of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Shipbuilding, Ship Repair and Ship restructuring, the head of Cetmar’s Training area, Lucía Fraga, reported on the progress of the project, financed by the European Erasmus Plus program. The meeting, organized by SeaEurope and IndustriAll in the framework of the social dialogue promoted by the European Commission, addressed common interests and needs for shipbuilding and ORE.

In addition, preliminary results of the “Study to support skills development for the blue economy,” promoted by the EU Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries -DG Mare were presented; although all interested parties are still contributing through a survey.

Since January 2023, the 14 partners of the FLORES consortium have been working to promote career paths within the ORE industry, to expand specialized training opportunities and to create an EU Skills Observatory.

This sector currently accounts for around 80,000 jobs in Europe, and experts estimate that up to 124,000 vacancies will be generated by 2030 in the EU. Meeting this growing demand for qualified and appropriately skilled professionals is a significant challenge addressed by the FLORES project, which reinforces the activity of the Pact for Skills.

The objective is to ensure that the training opportunities available in Europe are in line with the current and future needs of the marine renewable energy sector. After analysing the most demanded profiles and the training options, the consortium concluded that the ten most demanded occupational profiles, mainly with engineering background, are project managers and marine renewable energy technicians.

The Flores researchers also judged that qualifications in the sector are usually offered as a specialization rather than basic training, and that programs focus on roles supporting the value chain instead of the most demanded profiles _managers and technicians, which are disregarded by the training offer.

To contribute to the upskilling in marine renewable energies, and for the current workforce, the European consortium drives recycling and upskilling initiatives, promoting innovative approaches to lifelong learning. By means of a repository, the project collects available marine renewable energy training materials.

Furthermore, regarding the preparation of future workers Flores is developing five pilot actions to adapt the existing training materials and approaches in the different European sea basins to the European Pact for Skills. This month the last action, coordinated by the Association of Metal Industries and Associated Technologies of Galicia-Asime, will start preparing experts in the recruitment of talent and human resources.

The results are devised for implementation beyond the project itself. They include a map of the training offer in marine renewable energies, available and open to any organization willing to promote its training offer, and the creation of a community with stakeholders from different industries, framed in the European Pact for Skills.

Apart from CETMAR, the FLORES consortium includes Asime and the Industrial Campus of the University of A Coruña (UDC) in Spain. In Greece, there is the Hellas Research and Technology Center (Certh), and in Belgium Windeurope, the University of Ghent, the Association of European Trade Unions IndustriAll and the European Marine Board. Ireland is represented by the Aqualex Multimedia Consortium, the Netherlands by the companies Deftiq and Bluespring, Germany by the Submariner Network for Blue Growth, France by the Lycée Fulgence Bienvenüe and the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, and Italy by the Maritime Technology Cluster (mareFVG).

This Project if financed with 700,000 euro from Erasmus Plus through the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).  

Oct 29
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Sun&Blue Congress

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Olivia Mandle and Nacho Dean, together in the Sun&Blue Congress next November

  • Both will be the keynote speakers on Thursday 21st November, entitled ‘Voices of the Ocean: An intergenerational dialogue on coastal sustainability’
  • Sun&Blue Congress celebrates its second edition from 20th to 22nd November, with the collaboration of the Technology Centre of the Sea – CETMAR Foundattion

Sun&Blue Congress, international congress of Blue Tourism and Blue Economy, is celebrating its second edition from 20th to 22nd November in Almeria. It will bring together Olivia Mandle, environmental and animal rights activist and ambassador of the European Climate Pact, and Nacho Dean, naturalist, professional explorer, divulgator and the first person in history to walk around the world and swim across five continents, as well as ambassador of this edition.

They will share the stage on Thursday 21st November, with the main presentation entitled ‘Voices of the Ocean: An Intergenerational Dialogue on Coastal Sustainability’, which will take place at 12:30 pm in the main conference auditorium. The talk will be moderated by Jessica Newfield, senior consultant at the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA), a non-profit organisation that aims to rally young people and offer solutions to restore the oceans health.

This dialogue between two iconic and complementary figures – Olivia Mandle, a high-impact youth activist, and Nacho Dean, author of several groundbreaking books, documentaries and expeditions – will provide a unique opportunity to inspire and rally audiences towards climate action and marine conservation. Both have used their own paths and experiences to demonstrate how activism and adventure can converge into a powerful message of sustainability.

About Sun&Blue Congress

Sun&Blue is the most important annual meeting on Blue Tourism and Blue Economy in Europe and in this edition CETMAR is joining to collaborate.

This international event is promoted by beon.Worldwide and sponsored by the Department of Tourism of the Andalusian Regional Government, the City Council of Almeria, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Andalusian Regional Government and the Provincial Council of Almeria. The second edition will be held from 20th to 22nd November at the ‘Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos ‘Cabo de Gata-Ciudad de Almería’.

Oct 23
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GOinterHUB

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CETMAR presents at the Galician Offshore International Hub the progress of the FLORES and ShoreWinner projects to enhance skills for the marine renewable energy sector


The Technology Centre of the Sea- CETMAR participates in the Galician Offshore International Hub to be held on 24th and 25th October in Ferrol, to present the progress of the FLORES and ShoreWinner projects to enhance training and skills for the marine renewable energy sector.

According to the programme, CETMAR will participate in the round table dealing with European projects and funds that promote offshore wind energy. CETMAR will present the FLORES project, which is led by the institution dependant on the Regional Department for Marine Issues.

Funded by the European Erasmus Plus programme, FLORES ‘Forward Looking at the Offshore Renewables’ is developing tools and activities to strengthen skills in the sector. Specifically, it focuses on expanding specialised training opportunities, promoting career paths within the industry, and establishing a Skills Observatory. The goal is to foster the sustainability of the Marine Renewable Energy Consortium into the Pact for Skills, ensuring the long-term success of this initiative

Two workshops will be held simultaneously. In the first one, two FLORES working groups will present their results: educational and awareness-raising materials to promote vocations in Marine Renewable Energies and enhance the community created around the project to promote the consortium sustainability. Participants will be invited to share their views on the occupational profiles and the constraints to participation.

In the second workshop the ShoreWinner project, co-funded by the Erasmus plus programme and with the participation of CETMAR, will be presented. Shorewinner will establish five Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) in Southern European countries, where they group together Training Centres and Companies interested in improving skills for marine renewable energies. Located in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus, they will collaborate to improve skills in the offshore wind energy value chain.

After the presentation of the Project, the public will be invited to join the Community of Practice in Galicia and Canarias, following up the work initiated in FLORES.

Both the panel discussion and the first workshop will take place on the first day of the GOinterHUB to be held tomorrow, Thursday 24th October at 9:30 am. The workshop devoted to ShoreWinner will be held after the FLORES workshop at 11:30 am.

You can find further information about the program on the website.

Oct 18
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VI SIBECORP

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The registration period for the Latin American Symposium on Reproductive Ecology, Recruitment and Fisheries, VI SIBECORP, is still open

  • The sixth edition of the congress will be held from November 11th to 15th both face-to-face and on-line. It is organized by IPMA and IEO-CSIC with the support of the INVIPESCA Network

The registration period for the VI Latin American Symposium on Reproductive Ecology, Recruitment and Fisheries, SIBECORP, is still open. Organized by the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, (IPMA) and the Spanish Institute for Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), the congress will take place from 11th to 15th November 2024 in Lisbon. It counts on the support of the Latin American Network for Research on Sustainable Use of Fishery Resources INVIPESCA, whose technical secretariat lays on CETMAR.

It is possible to attend the symposium, to be held at IPMA in Algés (Oeiras), both in person and on-line. The program of this edition is already available on the congress website.

The VI SIBECORP is structured in four thematic sessions on reproductive strategies of aquatic organisms, reproductive potential and resilience, recruitment and reproductive success, and reproductive ecology and fisheries management. Also, there will be two workshops to address, on the one hand, climate change and resilience of stocks, and on the other, the role of women in fisheries science.

Henrique Cabral, PhD. In Biology and Research Director at the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), will open the congress with the lecture “Effects of climatic alterations on the reproduction and recruitment of species of fishery interest: the case of the Northwest Atlantic”.

Side events

In addition to the five days with the four thematic sessions and the two workshops, the VI SIBECORP will include two pre-symposium courses and one post-symposium course available for all the registered participants. Places are limited, so those interested in attending should send a registration request to the following e-mail sibecorp6@gmail.com.

The first course is scheduled for November 7th with a face-to-face or on-line participation, and will deal with the application of molecular genetic tools in ecology and fisheries. It will be given by Ana Veríssimo, PhD. (CIBIO-InBIO) and Pilar Cabezas, PhD. both from the University of Porto. There are around 25 and 30 places available. There has been a modification of the timetable to be held from 14:30 to 18:30 (Portuguese time) to enable the on-line participation of researchers and students from Latin American countries.

The second pre-symposium course will address the selection, acquisition, and processing of oceanographic data by Ana Machado, PhD. from IPMA. It will be held on November 8th, from 14:30 to 16:30 (Portuguese time), with a face-to-face or on-line participation for 20 attendees.

The program is completed with a post-symposium course on the application of natural markers in fisheries science by Tatsuya Sakamoto PhD., João Neves PhD., and Inês Farias, PhD. This course will consist on a two-hour theory part (face-to-face and on-line) from 10:00 to 12:00 (Portuguese time) and a three-hour practical part (face-to-face) from 13:00 to 16:00 (Portuguese time). This course will be offered in English, on November 18th for just 15 participants.

There are still places available in these courses for both researchers and students.

During the VI SIBECORP two prizes will be awarded: one for the Best Paper by Junior Researchers and another for the Best Paper by Graduate or Doctoral Students, recognizing the best contributions in the categories of oral and poster presentation. As well, on November 13th there will be an on-site mentoring session for young researchers.

All information is available at the symposium website.

Oct 14
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New management

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The Council of the Galician regional government (Xunta) informs of the appointment of ms. Rosa Chapela as the new managing director of the Technology Centre of the Sea-CETMAR Foundation

  • With a PhD in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela, she has been since 2002 the Head of the Fisheries Socioeconomics Department of the entity, which depends on the Regional Department of Maritime Affairs (Consellería do Mar).

The Council of the Xunta informed today of the appointment, made in the extraordinary board of trustees held this morning, of Rosa Chapela as the new managing director of the Technology Centre of the Sea-CETMAR Foundation in substitution of Paloma Rueda, who had this responsibility since 2009. PhD in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela, and postgraduate degree in Fisheries Economics from the same university, she works as Head of the Fisheries Socioeconomics Department at the Technology Centre of the Sea-Cetmar Foundation since 2002.

The new managing director of the entity, dependent on the Consellería do Mar, began her career as a technical advisor for legal issues at the Galician Regional Government’s Fisheries Department. Since 2013, she is the geographical expert and contact for Spain in the European network FARNET, a support unit for DG Mare in participatory local development through the local fisheries action groups. From CETMAR, she led and participated in numerous European projects on fisheries sustainability, competitiveness and value chains, participatory local development, climate change, women in fisheries, etc.,  collaborating with many teams from different European countries, as well as from Brazil and South Africa.

She collaborated with international organizations such as FAO and IUCN. She contributed to international cooperation projects, focusing on the participation and empowerment of women in fisheries and aquaculture in countries such as Vietnam and Senegal, as well as to twinning projects for the harmonization of fisheries legislation in Romania and Bulgaria. Considering her experience in fisheries policy, aquaculture governance and sustainable development, she coordinated meetings and events with public managers and stakeholders in the European fisheries sector, both national and international.

In addition to her participation in other European projects to boost the socio-economic impact of fisheries and aquaculture, such as the Emodnet Network or the European Observatory for the Blue Economy, she has publications and presentations at congresses on governance of fisheries and aquaculture, the legal management of the coastline, the role of women in fisheries, or the blue economy.

Oct 11
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Training

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Galicia Regional Government (Xunta) advances on the new agreement with the Aixola Training Centre for next academic year

The Director General for Fisheries Development, Marta Villaverde, visited the A Aixola Training Centre in the Port of Marín (Pontevedra) to see first-hand the work in the different ongoing training activities, as well as its facilities. In addition, the regional director discussed with the centre’s managers about a new agreement and the training offer for the next academic year.

The director toured the different workshops of the centre and highlighted the educational quality. The centre, managed by the Consellería do Mar through the Centro Tecnológico del Mar-Fundación CETMAR, has achieved excellent results in terms of employability of the students. In fact, in 2023 most of the students who sought employment entered the labour market after their training, while the rest continued their formative itinerary, achieving about 70% of employability.

A Aixola has planned seven training courses this year. The offer consisted on 84 places for students linked to the fishing sector. Making a total of 1,600 hours of training for free, the classes will benefit fishing operators, shellfish gatherers, their spouses or people with qualifications or certificates for working in the fishing sector.