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Cetmar impulsa en Perú o proxecto MARdePiura para fortalecer a economía azul e afrontar o cambio climático

• Financiada pola Xunta de Galicia a través de Cooperación Galega, Mar de Piura aposta pola innovación acuícola, a sustentabilidade da pesca artesanal e o liderado das mulleres na economía azul.

O Centro Tecnolóxico do Mar-Fundación CETMAR, dependente da Consellería do Mar da Xunta de Galicia, vén de firmar un novo convenio de colaboración ca Consellería de Presidencia, Xustiza e Deportes para a implementacion do proxecto MARdePiura (Mulleres, Acuicultura e Reforzo Institucional para o Desenvolvemento Sostible da economía azul na Rexión de Piura), co obxectivo de contribuír á adaptación ao cambio climático da pesca artesanal e da acuicultura mediante unha estratexia centrada na diversificación e a sustentabilidade.

Financiado pola Xunta de Galicia a través de Cooperación Galega e co apoio do Ministerio da Produción (PRODUCE) peruano —a través da Dirección Xeral de Pesca Artesanal (DGPA) e de FONDEPES—, o proxecto dará continuidade ao traballo desenvolvido nos últimos anos na Baía de Sechura, no noroeste de Perú, con iniciativas como Acuipesca, VerTyCe ou Aquavalora.

Nesta nova etapa, CETMAR traballará estreitamente coas Organizacións Sociais de Pescadores Artesanais (OSPAs) dedicadas ao cultivo da cuncha de abanico (Argopecten Purpuratus). O obxectivo é mellorar a sustentabilidade da cadea produtiva mediante a incorporación de sistemas de aprovisionamento de semente de laboratorio e o reforzo dos protocolos de boas prácticas. Esta liña de acción permitirá incrementar a eficiencia e garantir unha maior resiliencia da actividade fronte aos efectos do cambio climático, asegurando a conservación do recurso.

En paralelo, o proxecto continuará co acompañamento aos emprendementos liderados por mulleres en Sechura, dedicados á comercialización de produtos pesqueiros artesanais. A través da impartición de accións formativas e da elaboración de informes de prospección de mercados, será posible mellorar os estándares de calidade dos produtos ofrecidos e, ao mesmo tempo, favorecer o seu posicionamento en novos mercados.Desta maneira, preténdese mellorar os ingresos destas mulleres e reforzar o seu papel na economía azul local.

Finalmente, o proxecto tamén porá o acento no reforzo das capacidades técnicas das institucións públicas vinculadas tanto á acuicultura como ao turismo mariñeiro-pesqueiro. A través de accións formativas e mesas de coordinación interinstitucional, promoveranse medidas que favorezan a sustentabilidade do sistema produtivo acuícola e a creación de iniciativas de turismo vivencial sostible na rexión de Piura. Este compoñente aspira a diversificar a economía local e a xerar alternativas de desenvolvemento complementarias á pesca artesanal.

Con un orzamento de 106.848,77 euros, o proxecto busca incrementar a sustentabilidade da cadea de valor pesqueira e acuícola, xerar novas oportunidades de negocio e fortalecer a gobernanza institucional para afrontar os retos do cambio climático.

Cooperación Galicia–Perú

O proxecto MARdePiura reforza os estreitos vencellos establecidos entre Galicia e Perú, que contan cunha traxectoria de colaboración de máis de 20 anos. Desde o Plan Director 2006-2009, Perú foi considerado país estratéxico para a Cooperación Galega, unha relación que se mantén no vixente V Plan Director 2023–2026.

En 2004, a Xunta de Galicia e o Ministerio da Produción de Perú asinaron un Memorando de Entendemento sobre Cooperación Pesqueira e Acuícola, renovado en 2014 e que continúa a ser o marco de colaboración que posibilita proxectos como MARdePiura.

Galicia lidera a investigación mariña con novos avances en ciencias do mar e economía azul

• A Xunta analiza cos responsables do Programa de Ciencias Mariñas os avances e resultados acadados en Galicia
• Observación mariña, acuicultura sostible e transferencia de coñecemento: pilares estratéxicos para o futuro do litoral galego
• Resultados clave e ferramentas innovadoras para a xestión sostible, a resiliencia e a adaptación ao cambio climático

O equipo responsable da coordinación do Programa de Ciencias Mariñas de Galicia reuniuse este martes na sede da Consellería do Mar coa conselleira, Marta Villaverde, para trasladarlle de primeira man os principais resultados a acadar e o impacto que as accións desenvolvidas terán tanto nos diferentes sectores vinculados ao Mar, como no reforzo do papel de Galicia como territorio líder no ámbito da investigación mariña a nivel estatal e europeo.

Entre os avances máis destacados presentados figuran o desenvolvemento dunha estratexias de observación e monitorización oceánica, apoiada, entre outras, en ferramentas de mapeo da información mariña como FARO e a Plataforma Big Data, que integra e procesa grandes volumes de datos con control de calidade e acceso unificado. Estes recursos consolidan o camiño cara a unha gobernanza baseada en datos e reforzan a sustentabilidade do litoral galego.

No marco desta estratexia, Galicia conta agora con novas ferramentas para optimizar a xestión do medio mariño e dos seus recursos, mellorar a resposta fronte a ameazas ambientais e anticiparse aos impactos do cambio climático. Entre elas destacan a plataforma integrada para a obtención automatizada de datos bioxeoquímicos instalada nos Duques de Alba da ponte de Rande na ría de Vigo, que complementa a rede de estacións oceano-meteorolóxicas do Observatorio Costeiro da Xunta de Galicia; os sistemas de detección de riscos e episodios de contaminación; as ferramentas para o seguimento da trazabilidade, calidade e seguridade dos produtos mariños; os modelos predictivos; os sistemas de alerta temperá; e os simuladores multiescala que sentan as bases do xemelo dixital mariño de Galicia.

No ámbito da acuicultura sostible, o Programa avanzou na creación de ferramentas xenómicas para mellorar a resistencia a enfermidades e a xestión de toxinas en especies como mexillón, ameixa e ostra, mediante chips multiespecie, protocolos de selección e software de análise xenética xa aplicables en criadeiros comerciais, así mesmo optimizouse a criopreservación e o cultivo larvario. Tamén se incorporaron técnicas moleculares avanzadas para a detección e seguimento de larvas no medio natural, favorecendo unha xestión máis eficiente dos recursos marisqueiros. No eido da acuicultura multitrófica (IMTA), valídanse sistemas offshore e de recirculación (RAS) baseados no cultivo integrado de peixes, macroalgas e bacterias beneficiosas, optimizando o uso de nutrientes e reforzando a resiliencia produtiva.

O Programa incorpora o ámbito das ciencias sociais para mellorar a comunicación, a transferencia de resultados e a avaliación do impacto socioeconómico das investigacións. Neste eido, destaca a construción do modelo Ocean Health Index (OHI), que permite identificar vulnerabilidades e conflitos de uso, así como a realización dunha análise Input-Output e dunha Matriz de Contabilidade Social, ferramentas que facilitan avaliar a interdependencia económica da pesca e integrar de maneira conxunta os efectos socioeconómicos e ambientais. No eido da transferencias na reunión presentáronse as conclusións da análise transversal das unidades de coñecemento do Programa potencialmente transferibles, que suman un total de 184, agrupadas nun catálogo de resultados —entre os que se inclúen informes, software, ferramentas, patentes e outros—, e que constitúen achegas clave do Programa para contribuír á construción dunha economía azul innovadora, resiliente e baseada no coñecemento.

Na xuntanza trasladouse á conselleira a invitación ao evento “Dos Avances ao impacto: II Encontro cos Sectores do Mar”, que terá lugar o 24 de outubro de 2025, dando continuidade ao primeiro encontro celebrado o 13 de decembro de 2024, ao que asistiron 239 persoas, das cales un 33 % pertencían a entidades externas ao Programa.

O encontro pechouse comunicando á conselleira que a reunión final a nivel estatal celebrarase os días 7, 8 e 9 de outubro en San Pedro de Pinatar (Murcia). Este encontro ofreceralle ao Programa de Ciencias Mariñas unha nova oportunidade para amosar a súa coordinación activa coas sete comunidades autónomas que integran o Plan Complementario ThinkInAzul, pechando o ciclo anual de seguimento e planificación conxunta tras un ano de intensa actividade en reunións periódicas e nos tres grupos de traballo creados en 2024.

Máis sobre o Programa de Ciencias Mariñas

O Programa de Ciencias Mariñas ten como finalidade mellorar a resiliencia e a xestión sostible dos ecosistemas e recursos mariños galegos, especialmente ante o cambio climático; impulsar a sustentabilidade e a innovación no sector pesqueiro e acuícola; e potenciar a transferencia de coñecemento ao tecido socioeconómico vinculado ao mar.

Este conta cun orzamento total de dez millóns de euros, dos que seis proceden do Plan de Recuperación, Transformación e Resiliencia a través dos fondos Next Generation do Estado e os outros catro millóns son achegados pola Xunta de Galicia mediante o Fondo Europeo Marítimo e de Pesca (FEMP) e o novo Fondo Europeo Marítimo, de Pesca e de Acuicultura (FEMPA). A súa rede científica está formada por preto de catrocentos investigadores que integran as tres universidades galegas —A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela e Vigo—, catro centros dependentes do CSIC e seis centros da comunidade, entre os que se atopan o Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia (CESGA), o Centro Tecnolóxico do Mar-Fundación Cetmar, o Centro de Investigacións Mariñas (CIMA), o Instituto Galego de Formación en Acuicultura (Igafa), o Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia (Intecmar) e MeteoGalicia.

Galicia presents at the REGP plenary session the management of FLAGs as dynamic agents of coastal territories.

• In the last call for the period 2025-2027, under the FEMPA and with a public support of 14.6 M€, 255 projects for the participatory local development were presented in Galicia.
• The General Director of Fisheries Development and the Managing Director of CETMAR participated at the meeting of the Spanish Network of Fisheries Groups, held in Tenerife.

A total of 255 projects were presented to the call of the Consellería do Mar under the Participatory Local Development Strategies in the period 2025-2027. It was published in February 2025, with a public aid of 14.6 million euros, and co-financed by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFF),  This is the third aid published by the Department in this FEMPA period for the implementation of Community-Led Local Development (CLLD). In the previous two, 187 projects were approved with an  investment of 30.6 million euros, 15.6 million in public aid and 15 million in private investment.

Thus, 45% of these projects are aimed at product valorisation, 24% at product diversification, 3% at governance to make the sea-industry chain profitable and 28% at dissemination of socio-cultural and environmental heritage linked to the Galician coastline.
These data were reported by the Director General of Fisheries Development, Marta Villaverde, at the plenary session of the Spanish Network of Fisheries Groups that took place in Tenerife.  The managing director of CETMAR, Rosa Chapela, also participated as a geographical expert of Famenet.

Role of CETMAR

Rosa Chapela presented the conclusions of the Famenet report on the evaluation of local fisheries action groups in Europe (FLAGs). This study determines the value of the FLAGs in the local development of European fishing areas and their importance for  diversification projects on cultural fishing heritage, environmental protection or the increase in the added value of fisheries and aquaculture products.

In this sense, Ms. Chapela stressed their importance in local governance and in the generation of employment, being the point of the FEMP that generated more jobs,  according to the study of Famenet.  Its role as an active and decisive agent to bring Europe closer to local communities was also highlighted.
The second interventions of the director of CETMAR dealt with the relevant role of these groups as agents of development, promotion and boosting of the blue economy in coastal communities. She also spoke about the experience of the Blue Economy Strategy of Galicia, its participatory processes and the axes of activity linked to local development.

CETMAR celebrates world oceans day with a participatory campaign to collect words related to the sea

To celebrate the World Oceans Day, which is commemorated on 8th June, CETMAR is launching a participatory campaign under the title ‘Un Mar de Falas’.

The aim is to immerse in the collective imagination the diversity of voices and words linked to the sea and collect all of them.

The campaign, which starts today in the different social media of CETMAR, is articulated through a unique hashtag #UnMarDeFalas. Any language is welcome.

How can you participate?

1. Choose a word: e.g. ‘fishnet’, ‘tide, ‘conch…”…

2. Share its context: an anecdote, an associated family memory, a verse or the work that describes it.

3. Post on your social media profile with the hashtag #UnMarDeFalas

Then, each contribution will integrate a big wave with all the words collected: a collective mural in digital and physical format representing a testimony of the living marine memory

This initiative, which CETMAR directly links to the SDG 14 target ‘Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’, responds to the aim of promoting public participation and environmental awareness through a symbolic approach to the sea.

By inviting citizens to keep and share marine vocabulary, ‘A Sea of Falas’ claims the sea as a common good, at the heart of local culture and identity, and opens doors to co-responsibility in its conservation.

Looking to the future, CETMAR intends to make this initiative an annual event that adds new languages, new people and new words.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

CETMAR participates in the III Galicia Forum on Global Seafood Sustainability in Vigo, which brings together more than 350 participants from 30 countries and 21 experts

• The Regional Minister of the Sea, Alfonso Villares, stated at the opening that sustainability guarantees food sovereignty.
• The managing director of CETMAR, Rosa Chapela, moderated the round table about the scientific vision.

CETMAR participated in the 3rd edition of the Global Seafood Sustainability Forum of Galicia, which brought together in Vigo more than twenty experts in different subjects and gathered more than 350 participants.

The Regional Minister of the Sea, Alfonso Villares; the Mayor of Vigo, Abel Caballero; the Director General of Fisheries and Aquaculture Management, Aurora de Blas, and the President of Fundación Nueva Pescanova, José María Benavent, opened the forum, held at the headquarters of Afundación in Vigo. With the participation of 350 attendees from 30 countries, the debate on sustainability in fisheries and aquaculture was followed in person and online.

At the opening of the forum, promoted by Fundación Nueva Pescanova and the Xunta de Galicia with the support of the Nueva Pescanova Group and ABANCA, Mr. Alfonso Villares recalled that the maritime-fishing sector is one of the most important economic activities in Galicia and, to keep it like that, it must apply the utmost respect for the environment, in balance with the socioeconomic pillar, as the Galician Government advocates in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This is the way, he said, to avoid dependence on imports from third countries, otherwise the policies would divert towards an unsustainable model.

Mr. Villares stated that sustainability, whose measurement was the focus of the debate, ‘requires collaboration between public and private sectors and active listening, as well as research, innovation and dissemination that must be based on the essential economic profitability of fisheries to guarantee the future in the sea’.

The managing director of CETMAR, Rosa Chapela, moderated the round table on the vision of science and the measurement of sustainability, with the participation of researchers Elena Ojea, from the CIM-University of Vigo, and Fran Saborido Rey, from the Institute of Marine Research-CSIC, together with Madlen Sobkowiak, director of the MSc Global and Sustainable Business EDHEC.

The Xunta improves mussel management from rock analysis to hatchery production

• CETMAR provides the industry with a web platform that offers information on the mussel larval cycle
• The Regional Minister of the Sea participates in the initiative, included in its strategy to ensure the sustainability and development of the resource
• Myticulture is one of the main aquaculture activities in Galicia, going beyond the cultivation in rafts, and being a determining factor in the socio-economic development of Galicia

The Regional Minister of the Sea, Mr. Alfonso Villares, participated in the presentation of the mussel larval density web viewer, developed by CETMAR in the framework of the APROMEX project. It is a web platform, co-financed by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFF), which allows to visualize the data of mollusc larval analysis, especially mussel larvae, updated weekly by interactive panels.

This initiative provides easier access to the data collected since 2023, when a study was launched to identify and selectively mark the larvae of this species using monoclonal antibodies. It was developed by CINBIO Research Centre (University of Vigo), Marine Research Centre (CIMA) and Instituto Tecnolóxico do Control Mariño de Galicia (Intecmar).

Mr. Villares was accompanied by the Director General of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Technological Innovation, Patricia García, and by the Managing Director of CETMAR, Rosa Chapela. The tool presented improves the accessibility and consultation of data; facilitates its interpretation, offering information of interest like the position of sampling stations; and allows to know its temporal evolution for 2023, 2024 and 2025. It also includes a diagram of the mussel larval cycle, as well as comments on the evolution recently observed at each station.

These details and the functioning of the instrument are presented to the industry in the framework of the Capacitamex project developed by CETMAR, together with other advances and research work of interest like APROMEX. This offers data ranging from the assessment of the attachment of brood to rocks to the implementation of new systems for the evaluation of uptake in the natural environment and complementary production in hatcheries.

To make progress on this project and to promote various initiatives guaranteeing the sustainability and development of this resource, the Regional Ministry of the Sea plans to invest more than €1.2 million by 2026. However, this action is a continuation of previous work.

Myticulture in Galicia

Mussel farming, one of the main aquaculture activities in Galicia, plays a crucial role in the economy and society. Its development goes beyond the cultivation in rafts (3,573 in Galicia), since the mussel fattening cycle depends on the collection of wild seed (mejilla), obtained mainly from coastal rocks and collecting ropes. According to Mr. Villares, these activities are essential for the development of the industry.

The high natural variability of this resource and its socio-economic importance for Galicia support the demand of an in-depth study of the dynamics, possibilities of exploitation, ecological impact, and search for alternatives to supply the industry and make it more resilient.

To ensure sustainability and continued development, it is essential to address the challenges. In this context, the Consellería do Mar, through CIMA and the technical support of CETMAR, launched the APROMEX project, co-financed with European funds. These challenges are addressed through three areas: analysis of mussel populations in the rocky intertidal and their exploitation, evaluation of new seed collection systems and development of seed production systems under controlled hatchery conditions.