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Interested in conducting a PhD on marine social-ecological risks to ocean acidification? Send us your expressions of interest and stay tuned
The Biological Oceanography Group (GOB) and Future Oceans Lab (FOL) of the Marine Research Center (CIM) at the University of Vigo (Spain) will launch a call for a joint PhD student fellowship in September 2023.
09/08/2023 - Biological Oceanography Group (GOB) of the Marine Research Center (CIM) at the University of Vigo will be launching a joint PhD student position together with Future Oceans Lab (FOL) next September. At this moment, we are accepting expressions of interest from prospective students, that can share a motivation letter and a CV following the indication […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Haritz Ayarza joins the FOL team to work as a research assistant
he works in research projects on marine social-ecological systems sustainability.
20/07/2023 - Haritz Ayarza is a graduate in Marine Sciences and Aquaculture Technician. Over the years, he has specialized in sustainable fisheries management and marine resources management, completing a Master in Sustainable Development Management. During his professional life he has collaborated with scientific centres such as AZTI, where he has studied the contribution of the code of […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
FOL participated in the MARE conference in Amsterdam
FOL members Oluwakemi and Xochitl presented their work at the People and the Sea conference on Blue Fear
05/07/2023 - The MARE conference was held last 26th – 30th of June 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands aimed at exploring ecological, social, and existential anxieties during the Anthropocene. The conference was co-organized by the University of Amsterdam, Wageningen University and Research Center, Aalborg University. Tromso University, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, and the University of Gothenburg. […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Artisanal fisheries expert, Eréndira Aceves-Bueno is visiting us
29/06/2023 - Dr. Erendira Aceves-Bueno, assistant professor at School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at University of Washington joins FOL during four weeks visit. During her stay, we develop a collaborative agenda for ongoing a future projects on climate adaptation and marine resources management. We have the opportunity to host Erendira in our group and share with her […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Seminars
We are hiring: open call for a research assistant
FOL OFFERS one position TO WORK ON Sustainable Marine Resources Management.
02/06/2023 - The Future Oceans Lab, based on the Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM) of the University of Vigo (Spain) is seeking a research assistant to work with our multidisciplinary team in research projects regarding marine social-ecological systems’ sustainability. If you want to join an active team of researchers committed to science and the society, check out […]
CATEGORIES: Job Offer, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Job Offer, Research, Team
Working together on marine science and innovation for protection and sustainable conservation of Galician marine ecosystem services
Researchers from different institutions meet in Santiago de Compostela within Galician Marine Sciences Programme
04/05/2023 - Yesterday, the II General Asembly of Galician Marine Science Porgramme took place in Santiago de Compostela. The asembly aimed to unite the whole vision of the activity and scientific advances in the Work Packages (WPs), visibilize the collaborations established between WPs and the opportunities derived from them, and dynamize the collaborative discussion to identify and […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
FOL participated in the 5th ECCWO in Bergen
FOL Members Elena Ojea and Xochitl Elías presented their work at the fifth International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean
26/04/2023 - The fifth ECCWO symposium was held last 17th – 21st of April 2023 in Bergen, Norway aimed at better understanding the climate effects on the ocean’s ecosystems and what adaptation and mitigation measures could look like. The symposium was co-organized by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the North Pacific Marine […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Mariana Barros joins FOL for a two-month research stay
MARIANA WILL BE WORKING ON HER PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES WITH FOL IN ACID project
18/04/2023 - We are really happy to host Mariana Barros Dunning in FOL for a 2-month research stay. Mariana joins us from Ghent University, Belgium, where she is studying her International Masters’ in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea). During her stay, she will learn about the climate impact assessment focus on how acidification could work as a key driver, […]
CATEGORIES: Juan Bueno, MSc Thesis, Research
CATEGORIES: Juan Bueno, MSc Thesis, Research
Alba Domínguez joins FOL for her Master Thesis
Alba will be working to assess the Risk of Climate Change in Galician artisanal fisheries
12/04/2023 - Alba Domínguez, student of the joint Master programm in Oceanography, joins Future Oceans Lab for her Master Thesis, under the direction of Elena Ojea and Juan Bueno. She is from the Canary Islands, where she completed a degree in Environmental Science (2021) and where she worked with a scholarship to characterize natural hazards risk in […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Not too late to tackle climate change, but almost
The last IPCC cycle shows a short opportunity window to address the worst impacts of climate change
29/03/2023 - Every six years the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reviews the global scientific evidence on climate change. These reports aim to mobilise the international climate policy agenda, and have been crucial for the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. FOL has been involved in the last assessment cycle, that has just concluded […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Global Small Scale Fisheries FAO report is out: Illuminating Hidden Harvests
FOL contributed to the Spanish case study and to the gender chapter in the first IHH report, just launched in Rome
22/03/2023 - The Illuminating Hidden Harvest (IHH) is a global study led by FAO, WorldFish and Duke University with the objective of improving knowledge about small-scale fisheries to inform policy and practice. On March, 20 of 2023, the final report on Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development was released. This multidisciplinary study was conducted along […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Oluwakemi an international student delighted to Join FOL for her Master’s thesis
Oluwakemi will work with Elena and Juan to research the impact of climate change on fisheries and small-scale fishers.
14/03/2023 - Oluwakemi Dada, a student of the Erasmus Mundus joint master program in Marine Environment Resources (MER) is joining the team to conduct her master’s thesis. She is a self-motivated researcher with excellent practical knowledge of Marine resource management, conservation, and sustainability. Her master’s thesis is focused on Climate risk, and during her research, she will […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Juan Bueno, MSc Thesis
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Juan Bueno, MSc Thesis
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
JULIA AMENEIRO CONDUCTED AN OUTREACH EVENT TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE
10/03/2023 - February 11th is the day chosen by the United Nations to recognize the critical role that women and girls play in science and technology as well as encourage girls to follow a scientific career. With this initiative in mind, Julia had visited the primary school A Lomba (Vilagarcía de Arousa) this week to talk about […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro
Sarah Elkin excited to be joining FOL for her master thesis
Sarah will be working with Elena and Xochitl on patron-client relationships of fishers and their climate change responses
03/03/2023 - Sarah Elkin has joined the Future Oceans Lab to conduct her master thesis within IMBRSea (International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources), with Xochitl and Elena. This thesis builds upon Xochitl’s PhD research and the data she collected in Autumn 2021 in Nayarit (Mexico). The research explores fishing networks within Nayarit, Mexico. She is […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Adaptation of coastal fisheries to climate change in the climate change hotspot Shikoku, Japan
Xochitl Elías is conducting her fieldwork for her case study in Shikoku
17/02/2023 - Japanese coasts are warming up at a faster rate than 90 % of coasts worldwide, making them a climate change hotspot. As a result, for example, the kelp forests at the western coast of Shikoku are experiencing a widespread decline due to a combination of warming waters and the resulting expansion of tropical herbivorous fish […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
A turning point for the Future Oceans Lab
The ERC CLOCK project comes to an end, leaving us much closer to the fishing sectors and to implementing adaptation to climate change.
23/12/2022 - Year 2022 is closely coming to an end and as like to do, we take a look at our activities through the year and recall our major milestones. During this year our main achievement has been closing the ERC CLOCK project, which finished last November. We have been sharing the results in publications and press, […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
Knowing first hand Galician women shellfish gatherer
Grace Callahan, Watson Fellow, is exploring the role of women in fishing countries around the world, and now visit Spain to meet the fish gathers from Galicia
16/12/2022 - Grace Callahan, Watson Fellow is researching the role of women in fisheries and aquaculture around the world as women play a key role in fishing and its industry. Grace aims to learn about the gendered dynamics of life in different fishing communities to examine how gender impacts individual vulnerability to climate change, and how fisherwomen […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Scientist meet Artists
FOL participates in the second edition of the initiative Scientist meet Artists to make our research closer to broader audience
01/12/2022 - Campus do Mar is leading the initiative “Scientist Meet Artist” to meet and establish a dialogue between two different disciplines: Science and Art. The main goal is to design and create enjoyable dissemination material to make accessible the knowledge about the oceans to the public, specially children. After creating a meeting point between twelve scientists […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Small-scale fisheries adaptations in clime change hotspots
FOL MEMBER XOCHITL ÉDUA ELÍAS ILOSVAY LEAD A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW AS PART OF HER PHD within CLOCK project
02/11/2022 - Anthropogenic climate change is increasingly threatening the global sustainability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) through its direct and indirect impacts on fish stocks and dependent livelihoods. However, despite the global importance of a sector that represents over 90% of the world’s capture fisheries and secures food and jobs for approximately 100 million people worldwide. Very few […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Communicating Singular Science
CIM organizes Open Doors Event to present its main research lines to general public
26/10/2022 - As previous years, The Marine Research Centre (CIM) of University of Vigo organized dissemination event within framework of Communicating Singular Science programme. This year, two dissemination sessions were scheduled. The first one, “Meet CIM in the street” a science conference to general public hold in A Laxe shopping centre gathered researchers from CIM to present […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Results, Team
Social-ecological networks are crucial for small-scale fisheries adaptation to climate change
Diego Salgueiro Otero leads an study that clarifies the adaptation pathway of fishers and identify the role of specific structures of social-ecological capital in their adaptive behavior
07/10/2022 - Despite dependent human communities on marine resources are in the frontline of the impacts, little is known about how adaptation works and what pathway leads towards sustainability. For that reason, Diego Salgueiro Otero, Michele Barnes and Elena Ojea decided to use and integrate the Adaptation Process, the Adaptive Capacity and the Continuum of Network Configuration Frameworks […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
What makes a fisher diversify livelihoods under climate change?
Researchers of Future Oceans Lab identify a set of fisher’s adaptive capacity determinants that influence climate change transformation
30/09/2022 - In the coming years, climate change is expected to increase the degree and frequency of impacts on marine systems and related human communities. In many cases, adaptation is not enough and transformative actions are going to be needed. At individual level, transformative behavior can be understood as livelihood diversification, and the effect of this practice […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
Future Oceans Lab gives research results to fishing communities in Mexico
PhD student Xochitl Elías presented the project results in six communities in Nayarit, Mexico
04/08/2022 - Xochitl returned to the fishing communities where she conducted her research the past August – November 2021 to present the results and conduct workshops with the local fishers and scientists in July 2022. The research was conducted under the CLimate adaptation to shifting stOCKS (CLOCK) project in cooperation with Javier Tovar-Ávila from the national fisheries institute […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Workshop, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Workshop, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
FOL participated in the Fourth ICES PICES Early Career Scientist Conference
FOL members Xochitl Elías and Francesca Barazzetta presented their work on climate change vulnerability and adaptations of coastal social-ecological systems to climate change
27/07/2022 - The fourth ICES PICES ECS conference was held last 18th – 21st July 2022 in St. John’s, Canada and aimed at improving the involvement of young scientists in international scientific investigations, management, and stewardship of the marine environment, in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Future Oceans Lab brings research results on fisheries adaptation to Galician fisherguilds
Our team presents ERC-CLOCK project results along 8 Galician fishing communities and Fisheries Federation
11/07/2022 - Over the last months, as the final stage of the CLimate adaptation to shifting stOCKS (CLOCK) project, the Future Oceans Lab has been presenting the results on the Galician case study in eight collaborating fishers’ guilds all over the Galician territory and the Federation of Galician fishers’ guilds in Ames. Diego Salgueiro Otero and Francesca […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Media, Research, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Media, Research, Results, Workshop
Marine Protected Areas together for the future of the Mediterranean
Final combined event for MPA-Engage and MPA-Networks
13/06/2022 - From June 14 to 17 June, one hundred scientists and managers of 13 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and 18 European countries will meet in Spain to share the results of the two European Interreg Med projects: MPA NETWORKS and MPA Engage. The objective of this final event is to discuss the key results and recommendations […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Congratulations Dr. Alba Aguion
Alba Aguion has successfully defended her PhD on May 5th at the University of Vigo
27/05/2022 - FOL member Alba Aguión has successfully defended her PhD on May 5th at the University of Vigo. Alba defended her work on the governance, management and ecology of small-scale benthic fisheries to the three members of her final evaluation committee: Dr. Xavier Basurto (University of Duke, USA), Dr. Nicolás Gutiérrez (FAO) and Dr. Cristina Pita […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Elena Ojea, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Elena Ojea, Percebes, PhD, Research
Future Oceans Lab takes part of Bitácoras
Diego Salgueiro-Otero contributes to Bitácoras sharing his insights about climate change adaptation
27/04/2022 - Bitácoras aims to show the achievements of Grupos de Acción Local do sector Pesqueiro (GALP) funding projects that enable the sustainable development of the coast locally and from a participatory approach during the last years . Future Oceans Lab was invited to participate in a roundtable of the workshop GALP Seo de Fisterra Ría de […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Workshop
Frida joins FOL for her internship within IMBRSea
She will work with Xochitl Elías and Juan Bueno on adaptation of small-scale fisheries to climate change
20/04/2022 - Frida Sánchez is join us from the Marche Polytechnic University in Italy to do her internship as part of her graduate studies in the International Master’s in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) During her bachelor’s degree in Mexico she studied the corallivore behaviour of the Crown-of-thorns starfish and its predation effect in the coral communities of […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, MSc Thesis, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, MSc Thesis, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Fisheries contribution to a more sustainable future
FOL participated in the kick-off meeting of the of the new Future Fisheries project from the University of Bergen
07/04/2022 - Our research fellow, Francesca Barazzetta, and PhD student, Xochitl Édua Elias Ilosvay traveled to Bergen last March to take part at the kick-off meeting of the new four-year-long Future Fisheries project lead by the Theoretical Ecology Group from the University of Bergen. The project in funded by the Research Council of Norway, as a Collaborative […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, How can fisheries contribute more to a sustainable future?, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, How can fisheries contribute more to a sustainable future?, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
PERCEBES: Reproductive and connectivity dynamics of barnacles in Iberia
S. Román and M. Parrondo have led two publications that explore important biological aspects of the stalked barnacle, co-authored by FOL member Alba Aguión
01/04/2022 - The stalked barnacle is one of the most important small-scale resources in the rocky shores of Spain and Portugal. However, many biological processes remain unknown – as well as the linkages of these processes with environmental variables. Under the umbrella of the PERCEBES project, the researchers Salvador Román (Universidade de Vigo) and Marina Parrondo (Universidad […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Research
Assessing climate change vulnerability in Mediterranean MPAs”, a second MPA-ENGAGE webinar series
FRANCESCA BARAZZETTA AND JUAN BUENO PARDO PRESENTED HOW TO ASSESS CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY IN MEDITERRANEAN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
30/03/2022 - Last week, on the 24th and 25th of March, Francesca Barazzetta and Juan Bueno Pardo hosted a follow up to the first webinar series organized in the framework of the MPA-Engage project. The two webinars focused on the development and implementation Social-Ecological Vulnerability Assessment in Marine Protected Area focusing in the Mediterranean Sea. The two […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Vulnerability Tool, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Vulnerability Tool, Workshop
Diego Salgueiro-Otero, a new Doctor in Climate Change Adaptation
Successful PhD defense by FOL member last February, 2022
24/03/2022 - Diego Salgueiro Otero, PhD candidate from FOL has successfully defended his dissertation on February 23rd. The PhD work supervised by Dr. Elena Ojea was defended online and the committee of the event was constitute by Dr. Sara Miñarro Villanueva from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Dr. Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor from the […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Workshop
New webinar series of MPA-Engage project
Learning how to face climate change in Marine protected areas
15/03/2022 - MPA-ENGAGE consortia is announcing the second series of webinars to help stakeholders of MPAs to develop a climate change adaptation and mitigation action plan. Participants will learn on how to track climate change impacts in MPAs, assess their ecological and socio-economic vulnerability and engage local communities in participatory actions. These webinar series are carried out within […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Training, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Training, Vulnerability Tool
Want to improve your Postdoctoral training?
XUNTA de Galicia launches its Postdoctoral fellowships
04/02/2022 - Within the call of Postdoctoral Fellowships of Xunta de Galicia, Future Oceans Lab is looking forward to read the letter of interest of potential candidates up to next Friday, February 11. Future Oceans Lab (FOL) takes part of Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM) of University of Vigo. FOL is working on climate vulnerability and solutions […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, New Fellowships, Research
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, New Fellowships, Research
A milestone Year for FOL
In 2021 FOL PhD students made it to the end of their PhDs
31/12/2021 - At first sight, this one seems like another difficult year to balance. But with 2021 about to finish, it is a good time to look back and revise all that happened at FOL, and it was a lot! During this year, covid measures were still prevailing: people working from home, few in person meetings, and […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Team
Declining efficiency of small scale fisheries around the globe threatens food security
Alex Tidd leads a study on global reduction in efficiency of artisanal fisheries
17/12/2021 - Fisheries are a crucial part of the global food system, representing on average 15-20% of animal protein intake (in some countries over 50%) for 4.5 billion people. Historically, changes in the efficiency of fishing fleets drove massive increases in global fisheries catches. Too many boats with excessive harvesting power catching too few fish can lead […]
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
FOL presents its scientific dissemination book “Goiz bat Tuni-Ontzin” in a literature congress
FOL attends the 1st Congress on Children's and Young People's Literature organized by the University of the Basque Country
27/10/2021 - Last week, from October 20 to 22, the 1st International Congress on Children’s and Young People’s Literature organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) was held online. A discussion forum was created on the combination of Children’s and Young People’s Literature and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Children’s and Young People’s Literature and […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
Adaptation of small scale fisheries to climate change in Nayarit, México
Xochitl Elías is conducting her fieldwork for her case study in Nayarit
06/10/2021 - Xochitl Elías, Ph.D. student at Future Oceans Lab, travelled last August to Mexico, to start the fieldwork for the second chapter of her thesis. For the next three months, she aims at investigating the adaptations of small-scale fishers to the past and ongoing effects of climate change in six locations along the coast of Nayarit. Within […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Congratulations to Dr. Iratxe Rubio
Successful PhD defense by FOL member happened last September 24, 2021
01/10/2021 - PhD candidate Iratxe Rubio from FOL, defended her dissertation last Friday, September 24. The defense was held online with the following committee members: Dr. Amaia Albizua from the University of the Basque Country, Dr. Arantza Murillas from AZTI and Dr. Chris Free from the University of California. The thesis was supervised by Dr. Elena Ojea […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
FOL participates in the International Conference for Young Marine Researchers 2021
Phd students of Future Oceans Lab take part of ICYMARE 2021
29/09/2021 - Xochitl, Diego and Alba attended this year’s ICYMARE as session hosts and presenters. The International Conference for yound marine researchers, organized by the Bremen Society for Natural Science took place from the 21st to the 24th of September. Xochitl, together with the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl, were host of session 13 (Tropical marine ecosystems in […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Participation in the World Fisheries Congress 2021
PhD student Alba Aguión presented in the World Fisheries Congress her spatial bioeconomic model for barnacles
24/09/2021 - The World Fisheries Congress is being held this week in Adelaide, Australia. The event started this Monday 20th September and will last until Friday 24th, and due to the ongoing impacts of covid-19 the conference is being delivered fully online. FOL PhD student Alba Aguión has participated in the congress with an oral presentation about […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Results
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Results
FOL attends the ICES Annual Conference 2021
Iratxe presents her research on adaptation of large-scale fisheries to climate change
16/09/2021 - FOL member Iratxe is attending the ICES Annual Science Conference that is being held online from 6 to 10 September. ICES is an intergovernmental marine science organization, a network of scientists who advance and share scientific knowledge of marine ecosystems and their services in order to generate advice for meeting conservation, management, and sustainability goals. ICES […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research
What can be changed in small-scale fisheries governance to foster key sustainability attributes?
As part of her PhD, Alba Aguión has led a study that aims to confront the lack of sustainability in the artisanal sector through adequate governance
24/08/2021 - The study of Gutiérrez et al. (2011) published in Nature, was fundamental in clarying what is needed to achieve social, economic and ecological sustainability in artisanal and industrial fisheries, by highlighting the cumulative effect of 19 key attributes (such as social cohesion, protected areas, self-enforcement, etc.) as the main drivers. The recent release of the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research, Results
MPA-Engage: Final Vulnerability Assessments results for Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
APPLYING VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS TO IMPLEMENT CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN MPAs
30/07/2021 - On April 22, Francesca Barazzetta, Elena Ojea, Smit Caballero and Juan Bueno Pardo presented to the managers of seven Mediterranean marine protected areas the methodology applied to calculate the final results for the Climate Vulnerability Assessment implemented in these areas within the framework of MPA-Engage project. The results focus on the MPAs socio-ecological and ecological, […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Vulnerability Tool
Increasing knowledge on fisheries
Our colleagues, Diego Salgueiro-Otero and Iratxe Rubio attended the first LICCI Scientific Fisheries Seminar
16/07/2021 - Two weeks ago, the LICCI Fisheries Group presented its new series of fisheries seminars to highlight the work of its team and provided a new forum for discussing research findings in fisheries. For the first session, the event counted with the presentations of Dr André Carlo Colonese from the Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB) […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Seminars
FOL publishes a new study on large-scale fisheries
As part of her PhD, FOL member Iratxe leads a new publication within the CLOCK project
09/07/2021 - A new FOL and BC3 study seeks to explore preferences for adaptive capacities in an industrial fishery SES through network theory. The network of communication among stakeholders in the Basque tropical tuna freezer purse seine fishery in the eastern Atlantic Ocean connects many actor types. Cluster analysis, descriptive statistics, and exponential random graph models show […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
The Future Oceans Lab meets two new ERC Starting grantees.
Expanding network for future collaborations
25/06/2021 - Over the last few weeks, members of the Future Oceans Lab were joined by two colleagues starting their own research lab with the ERC starting grant, who presented the research lines of their respective working groups. Wednesday seminars, which have become a weekly tradition in FOL, give the lab the opportunity to learn, interact and […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Team
MPA Engage project organises its First capitalization conference
Mediterranean MPAs join forces to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change
18/06/2021 - The MPA EngageMED project, funded under the Interred Med Programme, is organising its first capitalisation conference tomorrow. The meeting (entirely on-line) will represent an occasion to showcasing the MPA Engage collective response to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. The involvement of local communities, socio-economic operators and managers of Marine […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
Increasing diversity in environmental and natural resource economics
Smit V Caballero, new mentee at AERE Scholars program
10/06/2021 - Smit V. Caballero has been accepted as a mentee in the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Scholars Program. This new mentoring program aims to engage a diverse group of early career environmental and natural resource economists in AERE while providing invaluable career guidance, skill development, and networking opportunities. It represents an ambitious effort to increase diversity in […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Smit V. Caballero, Training
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Smit V. Caballero, Training
MPA Engage Capitalization Event
Mediterranean MPAs join forces to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change
04/06/2021 - Members of the MPA Engage Capitalisation Boards is organising the first MPA Engage Capitalisation event entitled “Mediterranean MPAs join forces to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change“. The event will take place online on the 18th June 2021, 11.30-14.00 CET. The event aims to: Showcase the MPA Engage collective response to mitigate and adapt to Climate […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Workshop
FOL publishes a new study on skippers’ preferred responses to catch declines
As part of her PhD, FOL member Iratxe leads a new publication within the CLOCK project
19/05/2021 - A new FOL and BC3 study seeks to understand individual adaptation and transformation responses to catch declines in large-scale fisheries, using the case of the Spanish tropical tuna fishery. A sample of 22% of the Spanish freezer purse seine skippers operating in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans was surveyed. In the last 10 years, more […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
Science on stage in Coruña
Alba participated in a popular outreach event where students and teachers share their scientific experiments with the general public
13/05/2021 - Every year at the beginning of May hundreds of students and teachers gather in the city of Coruña (NW Spain) to share scientific experiments with the general public. The festival is called “Día de la ciencia en la Calle” (Street science day) and for the last 24 years it has been hosted in one of […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Research
FOL participates in a new FutureMARES event
The scientific panel discussed the peculiarities and common aspects of the 40 case-studies participating in the project
30/04/2021 - Days 13th to 15th of April, FOL members Elena Ojea and Juan Bueno, participated in the first “Integration meeting” of the European project FutureMARES. The objective of this event was to get to know each case study of the project (known as “storylines”) in detail, analyzing their peculiarities and extracting common characteristics among them. Each storyline applies one […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
FOL publishes a scientific dissemination book for children
The book explains tuna freezer purse seine fishing and integrates the concepts of global warming and sustainability
23/04/2021 - FOL member Iratxe has co-authored with Amelia Benito del Valle, professor at the University of the Basque Country, a new book on freezer purse seine fishing for children. The objective of the book is to illustrate tropical tuna freezer purse seine fishing and integrate the concepts of global warming and sustainability for dissemination purposes. The […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Julia Ameneiro, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Julia Ameneiro, Outreach
FOL participates in an online transfer event
Kaleido Logistics shared experiences on technology and knowledge transfer with research groups from the University of Vigo
15/04/2021 - Kaleido Logistics and the Centro de Investigación Mariña of UVIGO (CIM-UVIGO) organised an online event where they shared experiences about technology and knowledge transfer. The goal was to promote a bridge between research groups form the University of Vigo and private industries from the marine and maritime sectors (e.g. transport, food, fisheries, aquaculture). After official […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
Inspiring our future scientists
Smit and Xochitl conducted an outreach event to share FOL research with young students at Divino Salvador School.
25/03/2021 - As part of our outreach effort of awakening young students’ interest in science, on Monday, March 15th, Xochitl Elías, and Smit V. Caballero visited two classes of 5th-grade students at a local elementary school, Divino Salvador. During the visit, Xochitl and Smit shared their experiences working at the Future Oceans Lab and how their scientific […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Smit V. Caballero, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Smit V. Caballero, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Guatemala hosts a virtual IPCC lead author meeting
Elena participated in the last IPCC event of this assessment cycle
18/03/2021 - Guatemala was ready to receive a couple of hundred experts on climate change impacts and adaptation for the 4th lead author meeting of the IPCC. Given the current health situation affecting everywhere in the planet, and as many other scientific events, the meeting location migrated to be held online. The virtual Lead Author Meeting (LAM) […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
Opportunity: Postdoctoral Position on Fisheries Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability in Chile
CEAZA in collaboration with FOL is seeking applications for a 2-year postdoc position within CLAP project
03/03/2021 - CEAZA is an interdisciplinary research Centre that promotes scientific and technological developments in earth and biological sciences, with a focus on the Central Chile region. CEAZA offers a postdoctoral position for a researcher with a strong interest in working in adaptation to climate change in the coastal communities in Chile, and willing to contribute to cutting […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Job Offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Job Offer, Research
Sustainable management of fisheries helps us to combat the impacts of climate change
Elena Ojea participated at scientific forum organised by MSC on fishing sustainability and its impact on climate change
25/02/2021 - Last Tuesday, February 23, Elena Ojea participated in the online Scientific Forum on sustainable fishing organised by Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) within the framework of Seas Forever Week initiative. During that event, she, together with Alejandro Anganuzzi, global coordinator of FAO Common Oceans Program, Jordi Rodón from department of Marine Resources of Government of Catalonia […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
FOL members lead an international event on Climate Risk Assessments
The event took place in the framework of FutureMARES, an European project on the use of Nature-Based-Solutions for mitigating the effects of Climate Change in marine environments
19/02/2021 - FOL members Elena Ojea and Juan Bueno organised and led the “Climate Risk Assessment scoping event” of FutureMARES, held online during the days of 17th and 18th February. This event was marked in red in the calendar of the European project as the starting point of activities related to the Work-Package 5. The main goal […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
Protection of the Antarctic Peninsula before it is too late
As part of the project Homeward Bound, Alba Aguión is contributing to the protection of the Antarctic waters
11/02/2021 - Homeward Bound is a project that aims to promote sustainability and the leadership role of women in science. The project aims to create a network of 1,000 women scientists in 10 years who will work together to have a positive influence in the decision making for our planet. It started in 2016 and so far, […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination
FOL participates in a report promoted by the Spanish Office for Climate Change-OECC
Members of FOL led “Chapter 5: Impacts of Climate Change on the Marine Environment”
02/02/2021 - Tomorrow, February 3, 2021, the report titled “Impacts and Risks from Climate Change in Spain” will be officially launched by the Spanish Office for Climate Change-OECC. The report is a bibliographic compendium of the current evidence on the impacts of climate change in the following Spanish domains: hydrological resources, terrestrial ecosystems, agriculture and livestock, the […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
It’s time to say goodbye to our colleague Raquel
Raquel starts a PhD at Marine Institute in Canada
29/01/2021 - After one year and a half working on Future oceans Lab, the time to say goodbye to Raquel has come. She has been actively engaging in several projects during this time, working in the IPCC AR6 report, in the global initiative on mapping climate change adaptation (GAMI project) and other projects such as MPA-Engage. Raquel […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team
FOL welcomes Lara Brodie for her research stay
Lara will conduct her Master thesis within IMBRSea program led by Smit and Elena
22/01/2021 - Lara Brodie joins the Future Oceans Lab for a Masters Dissertation. Lara will work with Smit and Elena and will be focused on assessing the impacts of climate change on food security vulnerability within a local scale coastal African context. Lara is from Cape Town, South Africa, and is currently completing her Master’s degree through […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, MSc Thesis, Research, Smit V. Caballero
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, MSc Thesis, Research, Smit V. Caballero
Jané Salazar rejoins FOL to conduct her Master Thesis
Jane will work on adaptation of fisheries to shifting stocks
21/01/2021 - Jané Salazar, student of the International Master’s in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) who conducted her professional practice with FOL last summer, is rejoining the team to conduct her Master Thesis with Drs Elena Ojea and Alex Tidd. She will be expanding on her professional practice – impacts and adaptations of fisheries to shifting stocks – to understand how […]
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Research
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Research
Second ICYMARE forum edition
Xochitl Elias co-hosts the ICYMARE online forum on social-ecological research
12/01/2021 - After the successful session held on the past 26th and 27th of August in the first online edition of the ICYMARE conference, Xochitl and the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl are hosting the second online forum edition focused on social-ecological systems and interdisciplinarity on January 13th at 10 am CET. In the forum, five highly talented […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
A year of lonely remote working with a warm team
More than ever, this year we faced big ups and downs at home and with our work
24/12/2020 - This is a difficult year to balance and we are happy we made it through. We are really looking forward to experience nature, friends and in person relationships in 2021, experiences we missed so much this year. As for everybody, 2020 has been a challenging year to keep up with research, but we were still […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Iratxe Rubio, Juan Bueno, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Smit V. Caballero, Team, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Iratxe Rubio, Juan Bueno, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Smit V. Caballero, Team, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
A successful internship ends
Marian finishes his work on vulnerability assessments within FutureMARES
21/12/2020 - After conducting a 10-week internship at the FOL it’s time to say goodbye to Marian Scheffler from the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany. During his stay he collaborated with Juan Bueno and Elena Ojea within the FutureMARES project on climate vulnerability assessments in marine systems to identify the most vulnerable marine ecosystem services and dependent livelihoods. On Wednesday 17th December, he […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, New Fellowships, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, New Fellowships, Research, Training
Presenting MPA Engage activities in a capacity building event in Montenegro
Our approach to climate vulnerability assessments can help in the design of new protected areas in the Adriatic
03/12/2020 - Montenegro is currently planning the implementation of new marine protected areas in the Adriatic, and the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism has organized a capacity building event where partners from different EU projects presented. As part of the team of the MPA Engage project, Elena briefly introduced the work developed by the Future Oceans […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Vulnerability Tool
EfD’s annual meeting
A network of environmental economists meet to contribute to sustainable development in the Global South
26/11/2020 - Smit Vasquez Caballero attended the Environment for Development Initiative 14th annual virtual meeting, November 16-20, 2020. The Environment for Development (EfD) is a global network of economists and natural resources scientists providing empirical and theoretical evidence promoting sustainable environmental policy. The conference was organised around sessions related to agriculture and climate change, behavioural and experimental […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Smit V. Caballero
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Smit V. Caballero
First Iberian conference on climate change adaptation took place virtually
A broad array of adaptation perspectives were put in common last week during the ADAPTES conference
24/11/2020 - Future Oceans Lab PhD student Diego Salgueiro Otero has attended Adaptes: I Iberian Conference on Climate Change Adaptation. The conference, framed in the European project LIFE SHARA, has illustrated and discussed the effect of climate change and adaptation on the Iberian peninsula through 10 thematic sessions focused on: Cities, Agricultural sector, Water, Coastal areas, Health, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research
Adaptation of fishing communities can benefit from integration of social-ecological systems thinking
NEW PUBLICATION FROM DIEGO SALGUEIRO OTERO IN MARINE POLICY
10/11/2020 - In order to understand “what we know, don’t know and need to know” in climate change adaptation in coupled human-natural systems, Diego Salgueiro Otero and Elena Ojea describe and compare different research disciplines that have been used to assess how small-scale fisheries worldwide face climate change. Climate change is a prominent sign of the human-driven […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Research
Knowing first hand Galician fisheries
FOL left the office for the field to learn about the social-ecological systems that we are working with
05/11/2020 - After spending a lot of time working remotely from home and doing shifts at the lab, at the end of October, new members of Future Oceans Lab joined Elena to visit the Cambados Fisher Guild, and learned first hand about small-scale fisheries (SSF) management. This cofradía is the oldest fisher guild in Spain, and is […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Research, Team
Marian Scheffler will conduct an internship for two months at FOL
Marian will be working with Juan and Elena on socio-ecological vulnerability assessments
23/10/2020 - We are looking forward to welcoming Marian Scheffler at FOL for a 2-month research stay. Marian joins us from the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany, where he is studying his Masters’ in Environmental Geography and Management. During his stay he will be collaborating with Juan Bueno and Elena Ojea within FutureMARES project on climate vulnerability assessments […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team, Training
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team, Training
4Pictures4Mediterranean
Instagram photo contest to showcase the beauty and the fragility of Marine Protected Areas
09/10/2020 - The MPA Engage international project has launched the first edition of ‘4 Pictures 4 Mediterranean’, a photo competition hosted by Instagram that offers participants prestigious prizes and the opportunity to show their work in exhibitions focused on the impacts of climate change. All sea photographers are encouraged, from now till December 31st to participate. “We […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, MPA-Engage, Research
When Nature-based Solutions are vulnerable to climate change
FOL is coordinating international vulnerability assessments in FutureMARES, a new project that just took off
02/10/2020 - Nature-based solutions are actions that enhance and support ecosystems to provide adaptation and mitigation benefits to human well being and biodiversity (IUCN standards), for example restoring marine habitats like posidonia meadows or oyster beds, conserving habitats and species with marine protected areas, or sustainable harvesting of fish and mariculture. It is well known that these […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research
FOL welcomes Juan to the team
DR. BUENO-PARDO JOINS FOL IN THE CONTEXT OF FutureMARES PROJECT TO DEVELOP SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.
24/09/2020 - Dr Juan Bueno Pardo is joining FOL in September to work at the FutureMARES project. The overall goal is helping to provide socially and economically viable actions, strategies and Nature Based Solutions for Climate Change adaptation and mitigation from marine ecosystems. Together with Elena Ojea, Juan will be leading Work Package 5, integrating ecological and […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Juan Bueno, Research, Team
FOL publishes a new study on Vulnerability assessment of Galician stalked barnacle fishery to climate change impact
RAQUEL RUIZ-DÍAZ LEADS A NEW PUBLICATION WITHIN THE CLOCK PROJECT WITH THE COLLABORATION OF FOL MEMBERS ELENA OJEA AND ALBA AGUIÓN
18/09/2020 - Small-scale fisheries (SSFs), which provide an important source of livelihood for many coastal communities, are at risk from climate change. Benthic organisms are likely to be particularly affected by the impacts of climate change due to their low spatial mobility, which limits their capacity for adaptation. Therefore, SSFs that target sedentary resources (“S-fisheries”) will potentially […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Elena Ojea, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Results, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Elena Ojea, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Results, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
The first and special edition of ICYMARE conference
Xochitl was participating at this year’s ICYMARE 2020 as a session host
28/08/2020 - Xochitl together with the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl is hosting Session 9: “Understanding social-ecological systems: Towards sustainable management of marine resources” at this year’s ICYMARE on the 26th and 27th of August. The main goal of the conference is to give room to young marine researchers to present their work and to generate a network of young […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
New study in Nature finds that sustainably managing the oceans can significantly increase global seafood production
Elena Ojea contributes to this new research article led by UCSB
19/08/2020 - New research from UCSB and global collaborators finds that sustainably managing the ocean can significantly increase seafood.
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Research
“Mediterranean MPAs facing Climate Change” a second MPA-ENGAGE training
Francesca Barazzetta travelled to Sardinia for a second training with Mediterranean MPAs on Vulnerability Assessment
13/08/2020 - On the last week of July, from the 27th to the 30th, Francesca Barazzetta travelled to Sardinia, (Italy), to join the rest of the MPA-Engage team to provide a second training on the Vulnerability Assessment to some of the MPAs involved in the project. The meeting hosted by the MPA of Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo […]
CATEGORIES: Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research, Training, Workshop
Learning good practices in scientific communication
Xochitl attended a Seminar on scientific writing
10/07/2020 - This week, the Ph.D. student Xochitl Elias from the Do*Mar doctoral program and member of the FOL, took part in the Seminar on Scientific Writing imparted by Prof. Dr. Henrique Queiroga from Universidade de Aveiro. The seminar was imparted virtually and covered a broad range of topics including philosophical currents on how to conduct science, […]
CATEGORIES: Research, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Research, Training, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Working on impacts and adaptation of fisheries to shifting stocks
Jané will present her professional practice experience at IMBRSea online Symposium
30/06/2020 - Jané Salazar, student of the International Master in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) will be presenting her work and experience with FOL in the annual IMBRSea symposium. During the last two months, Jané was working on a novel database on evidence of shifting stocks for marine commercial species due to climate change with FOL PhD students […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Adaptation of Fishing Communities to Climate-Driven Shifts in Target Species
Our new perspective suggest what policy regulations will be needed for a sustainable and equitable response to climate change impacts in marine systems
24/06/2020 - This month’s issue of One Earth features a perspective article written by Diego Salgueiro Otero and Elena Ojea, from FOL, in collaboration with Sarah Lester from SFU. In this article, we present the advances of the ERC project CLOCK, where we are exploring the responses that fishing communities undertake when facing climate change impacts in […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research, Results
The importance of gender in small-scale fisheries
Elena Ojea and Diego Salgueiro evaluate the gender component within IHH project in Spain case study
12/06/2020 - The Illuminating Hidden Harvest (IHH) project focuses on the contributions of Small Scale Fisheries (SSF) to the four dimensions of sustainable development (social, economic, environmental and governance) at global and local scales. Moreover, it includes a gender analysis in all these components since gender is crosscutting theme in small-scale fisheries. The main idea is to […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, IHH, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, IHH, Research
“Mediterranean MPAs facing Climate Change” a first MPA-ENGAGE webinar series
Elena Ojea and Francesca Barazzetta presented how to assess climate change vulnerability in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
05/06/2020 - Last week, from the 25th to the 29th of May, Elena Ojea and Francesca Barazzetta hosted 3 on-line lectures about the development of a Social-Ecological Vulnerability Assessment in Marine Protected Areas. The lectures were organised within the framework of the MPA-Engage project and the Vulnerability Assessment lectures represented a section of a three weeks webinar […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Research
FOL welcomes Xochitl to the team
Xochitl joins FOL as a PhD candidate on social-ecological systems' adaptation to climate change
22/05/2020 - FOL wants to welcome Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay to the team. She joined as a PhD student to work on CLOCK project this April, although the current circumstances only allow us to meet her virtually. We hope that we can see all together at our headquarters at Campus de Vigo. A marine ecologist by training, […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Team, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Team, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
First series of webinars within MPA-Engage project start next week
The goal of these webinars series is to learn how to face climate change in Marine Protected Areas
13/05/2020 - MPA-ENGAGE consortia is announcing a series of webinars to help stakeholders of MPAs to develop a climate change adaptation and mitigation action plan. Participants will be trained on how to track climate change impacts in MPAs, assess their ecological and socio-economic vulnerability and engage local communities in participatory actions. These webinar series are carried out […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Seminars
Job Opportunity: postdoctoral position on climate vulnerability assessments
FOL OF CIM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIGO OFFERS A TEMPORARY POSITION TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP THE TASKS OF A H2020 PROJECT
07/05/2020 - The Future Oceans Lab, member of the Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO) offers a postdoctoral position for a researcher with a strong interest in working on adaptation to climate change in the oceans and willing to contribute to cutting edge research questions. Full job details can be found in the EURAXESS and in this PDF file. […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Job Offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Job Offer, Research
Valuating nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation
FOL leads climate vulnerability assessments tasks in new H2020 research project
30/04/2020 - In a few months, FOL will start working on the FutureMARES project, which stands for “Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity”, funded by the H2020 porgamme with a budget of €8M. The main goal of FutureMARES is to provide socially and economically viable actions, strategies and nature-based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Research
Jané Salazar joins FOL for a 2 month-research stay
Jané will work with Elena and Alex on adaptation of fisheries to shifting stocks
24/04/2020 - We are really pleased to start to work with Jané Salazar for the next two months, although the current circumstances due to COVID-19 only allow us to work and meet her remotely. Jané joins us from the University of Oviedo where she is conducting her graduate studies in the International Masters’ in Marine Biological Resources […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Scientists looking at the impact of COVID-19 on fishing activity
The ICES Working Group on social science has put together the social impacts in fishers, markets and practices
15/04/2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the fishing activity around the world. For that reason, during the first week of April, ICES Working Group on SOCIAL indicators (WGSOCIAL) started a discussion on the social impacts of COVID-19 on the fisheries of ICES member countries. Elena Ojea attended a virtual meeting of WGSOCIAL together with other twenty-four […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Research
Marine protected area networks can be robust to climate change
New published results suggest this when MPAs are strategically designed
12/03/2020 - One of the big questions in marine protection and fisheries is whether Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are going to be effective under the impacts of climate change. Protected areas can be designed for fisheries management, such that spillover effects of protection in adjacent areas can benefit fisheries. The scientific literature knows from years back that […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Results
FOL welcomes Francesca to the team; more women in the climate vulnerability research
Francesca joins FOL to work on the MPA-Engage project
05/03/2020 - After a competitive selection process for the position as Project researcher on the MPA Engage project, Francesca Barazzetta has succeeded and has joined the Future Ocean Lab team this March 2020. Francesca has successfully completed her Master in Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen. She conducted her master thesis in collaboration with FOL, during […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
FOL publishes a new study on tropical tuna fisheries and climate change
As part of her PhD, FOL member Iratxe leads a new publication within the CLOCK project
21/02/2020 - Marine ecosystems have already been impacted by climate change. It is generally accepted that these impacts affect the productivity, fish distribution, habitat and marine diversity. However, it is hardly known how fisheries respond to these changes. In order to understand how fisheries are responding to ocean warming, researchers from the Future Oceans Lab at CIM–University […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research, Results
On the way to the next draft for the IPCC report
Elena Ojea attends the third Lead Author Meeting in Faro, Portugal
20/02/2020 - The IPCC is preparing the sixth Assessment Report on impacts and adaptation of climate change, and lead authors are now at the equator of the process. The report will be ready in 2021, and meanwhile, long hours of meetings, discussions and drafts are taking place in the authors teams. The key events to advance in […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research, Workshop
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Alba Aguion and Elena Ojea are conducting outreach events to increase the visibility of women in science
14/02/2020 - February 11th is the day chosen by the United Nations to recognize the critical role that women and girls play in science and technology. During this week, Elena and Alba have lead outreach events across Galicia (NW Spain) to share their research with the general public. Alba visited different secondary schools in Coruña, Santiago and […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
FOL welcomes Smit Vasquez Caballero to the team
Smit joins FOL to develop bioeconomic models to evaluate the impact of climate change and adaptation
06/02/2020 - After a competitive selection process for the postdoctoral position on fisheries economics and climate change, Smit V. Caballero had succeeded and joined FOL team this January within CLOCK project. Smit has completed a Ph.D. in Applied Economics at Oregon State University. As a graduate student, Smit used discrete choice models and simulation methods to characterize […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Team
Fishers, policy makers and NGOs talk about PERCEBES
As part of the project a stakeholder workshop took place last week in Asturias (N of Spain)
28/01/2020 - PERCEBES aims to provide ecological, genetical and socioeconomic information about the stalked barnacle fishery to promote a sustainable extraction of the resource across the South of Europe. As a way to promote an effective interaction between research and policy, the project organized a stakeholders meeting with fishers, administration officers, NGOs and researchers. The workshop took […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Percebes, PhD, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Percebes, PhD, Results, Workshop
Launching MPA-ENGAGE to face Climate Change in the Mediterranean
We went to the Kick off Meeting of the new Interreg-MED project at ICM-CSIC in Barcelona
17/01/2020 - In January 14 and 15th, Elena Ojea and Julia Ameneiro traveled to the Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Barcelona to attend the Kick-Off-Meeting of the project “MPA Engage: Engaging Mediterranean key players in Ecosystem Approach to manage Marine Protected Areas to face Climate” funded by the Interreg MED program with a budget of […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Research
William Cheung visits FOL and gives a seminar in Vigo
William Cheung and Vicky Lam get to know CLOCK and Galician fisheries first hand
03/01/2020 - From December 2nd to 4th of 2019, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor William Cheung and Vicky Lam from the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, British Columbia (Canada). This was a wonderful opportunity for the FOL team to work directly with William and to discuss future collaborations with UBC, and for William and […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research
New job offer for one Project researcher on MPAs climate vulnerability assessments
FOL of CIM of the University of Vigo offers a temporary position to manage and develop the tasks of an Interreg-Med project
16/12/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab of Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO) is exited to publish a new position for a project researcher holding a Master’s degree with a background in Marine Ecosystems, management and stakeholder engagement. Full job details can be found in the EURAXESS and in this PDF file. The successful applicant will be in charge […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, MPA-Engage, Research
Talking about the future of the oceans sustainability at the COP25
We spend 2 days in Madrid to present a new report on climate change economic impacts
10/12/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab has traveled to Madrid to attend for the first time the Conference of the Parties of Climate Change (COP25) and participate on a series of parallel events in the Blue Pavilion. During two weeks, country representatives, scientists, students, NGOs, journalists and other participants join efforts to put climate change at the […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
William Cheung talks about seafood sustainability
William visits us to give a seminar within Campus do Mar on December 3
28/11/2019 - Next Tuesday, December 3, Professor William Cheung from the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, British Columbia (Canada) will be presenting his work on climate change and sea food sustainability to the Campus do Mar community at the University of Vigo. William’s seminar: “Projecting future seafood sustainability under global change”, describes the basic framework of […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Research, Seminars
Seminar on the Impacts of climate change on tropical tunas and adaptation
FOL member Iratxe gave a talk at the ECIMAT as part of the “Café con Sal” seminar series
27/11/2019 - Last Tuesday, November 26th, at 11 am, FOL member Iratxe Rubio presented part of her PhD results. The seminar took place during the Café con sal conference cycle organized by the ECIMAT and was titled “Impacts of climate change on tropical tunas, how can we adapt an international fishery?”. Iratxe presented how views on adaptive capacity […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Seminars
Attending FAO’s Sustainable Fisheries Symposium in Rome
Learning from the diverse views of global experts on fisheries sustainability
22/11/2019 - Diego Salgueiro-Otero, Juliano Palacios and Elena Ojea are in Rome this week attending the FAO’s International Sustainable Fisheries Symposium to learn what are the best pathways to strengthen global fisheries sustainability and improving its outcomes. The symposium puts together scientists, practitioners, NGO representatives and policy makers from all around the world. Each keynote presentation provides […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research
Food from the ocean has the potential to sustainable increase to meet future demand
Elena Ojea contributed to the first High Level Panel blue paper realeased this Tuesday
20/11/2019 - The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy has launched the first blue paper “Food from the Sea” from its series of commissioned scientific reports at the FAO’s International Sustainable Fisheries Symposium this week in Rome, where Elena Ojea is a contributing author. The report provides science-based projections of how far the ocean can […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
Effects of climate change and fishing on cod growth performance
Raquel Ruiz presented her master thesis research at IEO within COV seminars programm
15/11/2019 - Our Lab team member Raquel Ruiz gave a talk last Friday at IEO-Vigo. She presented the work she carried out during her master thesis in collaboration with Fran Saborido (IIM-CSIC) and Rosario Domínguez (IEO-Vigo). The main goal of this research was to disentangling the effect of climate change and fishing on cod growth performance. To […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research
Ready to start the Interreg MPA-Engage project in the Mediterranean Sea
FOL will coordinate vulnerability assessments to adapt MPAs to climate change
08/11/2019 - MPA-Engage is one of the recently approved projects by the Interreg MED programme, in which researchers from 15 institutions of 8 different countries will work together to enhance the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to adapt to climate change. Climate change represents a seriously threat for the marine ecosystems and its dependent livelihoods around […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Projects, Research
Sign up for reviewing the first order draft of the IPCC sixth assessment report
The first version of the new report is open for revisions until december 13th
25/10/2019 - After the intense work during the summer months, Elena Ojea and her colleague Lead Authors have put together the first draft of the Ocean and Coastal Systems chapter for the IPCC 6th Assessment report. Elena joined the IPCC activities in January with the first author meeting in South Africa, and continued working to produce an […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
Back in Santa Barbara
Alba Aguion is conducting a second research stay at UCSB to work on her bioeconomic model
18/10/2019 - As part of her PhD, Alba Aguión is constructing a spatial bioeconomic model for the stalked barnacle fishery in Galicia (NW Spain). Last year, she visited the University of Oviedo to work with Antonella Rivera and conducted a 4-month research stay at the University of Santa Barbara California under the supervision of Chris Costello to […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
Mitigation and adaptation strategies to tackle Climate Change
Elena Ojea participated at the round table about the climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
08/10/2019 - Last Friday, at the end of Workshop “Catedra Naturgy“, IPCC author Íñigo Losada from IH Cantabria (Spain) gave a speech at University of Vigo about the new report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate (SROCC) that the IPCC just launched last week. UVigo proffessor Xavier Labandeira, autor of the sixth assessment report […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Outreach, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Outreach, Research
Promoting sustainability and the leadership role of women in science
FOL PhD Alba Aguión is one of the 75 women scientists selected to participate in the program Homeward Bound
04/10/2019 - Homeward Bound is a ground-breaking initiative focused on providing women with the tools they need to effectively network, lead and engage their communities in the fight against climate change. The project aims to create a network of 1,000 women scientists in 10 years who will work together to have a positive influence in the decision […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
FOL welcomes Juliano for his research stay
Juliano Palacios is a PhD candidate on fisheries management at UBC
26/09/2019 - Juliano Palacios Abrantes is a Ph.D. candidate based at the Changing Ocean Research Unit (CORU) of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is particularly interested in how climate change impacts fisheries management in Latin America and how to mitigate its socio-ecological implications. His thesis and current work explores how climate change is […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team, Training
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team, Training
FOL attends the ICES Annual Science Conference 2019
Iratxe presents her research on large-scale fisheries as social-ecological systems facing climate change
18/09/2019 - Last week, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) organized its Annual Science Conference, which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. ICES is an intergovernmental marine science organization, a network of scientists who advance and share scientific knowledge of marine ecosystems and their services in order to generate advice for meeting conservation, management, […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio
Progress after the second IPCC Lead Author Meeting in Nepal
We are back from Kathmandu to work on the first Assessment Report open draft
04/09/2019 - The IPCC report writing process greatly advances thanks to the in person meetings of Lead Authors (LAM). These events allow for the close collaboration of researchers from different disciplines, guarantee synergies and coherence across the report and help coordinate the major tasks that such an assessment requires. Elena is back from a week in Kathmandu […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
Visit to CIEMAR lab (University of Evora) in SW Portugal
PhD candidate Alba Aguión will be working with Teresa Cruz during the first week of September
03/09/2019 - As part of the PERCEBES fieldwork started in July 2017 and finished this summer, barnacle samples have been collected monthly from different sites in Galicia. The rest of the regions taking part in the project have also sampled their areas with the aim to study the reproduction and recruitment patterns of the resource over time […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, IHH, Julia Ameneiro, Results
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, IHH, Julia Ameneiro, Results
International PhD opportunity on marine socio-ecological systems adaptation to climate change
FOL continues seeking PhD students for developing a PhD at University of Vigo in collaboration with Hokkaido University (Japan)
26/08/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab reopens the call for seeking a highly motivated, outstanding PhD student with a background in marine ecosystems management. This is a fellowship to start a PhD project which will be co-supervised by Drs Elena Ojea (University of Vigo) and Jorge García Molinos (University of Hokkaido). Full job details can be found […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
Diego Salgueiro finds novel social-ecological insights for climate change adaptation during his stay in the James Cook University
Diego Salgueiro, PhD candidate of Future Oceans Lab, come back after his 3-month research stay in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.
14/08/2019 - Diego Salgueiro started in April a research stay of three months in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies of Townsville (Australia), thanks to the financial support of Xunta de Galicia. He was supervised by Michele Barnes, a world-known expert in network science and interdisciplinarity who helped him to better understand the meaning […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results
Until next time Percebes
Alex participated in one of the last fieldwork trips to sample goose barnacles within the PERCEBES project
07/08/2019 - Last month Alex had a very nice invitation to participate in some fieldwork with experts from the University of Vigo who carried out PERCEBES project which main goal is to provide a sustainable extraction of the resource while enhancing biodiversity. For that occasion, the plan was to survey a study site in the lovely city […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Percebes, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Percebes, Research
FOL continues growing
Raquel Ruiz Díaz joins FOL to work on climate change vulnerability, policy and adaptation
31/07/2019 - After a competitive selection process for the assistant position on Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Systems at Marine Research Center (CIM-Uvigo), Raquel Ruiz has succeeded and has joined FOL team this July 2019. Raquel just finished the International Master in Marine biological Resources (IMBRSea). She defended her master thesis about “Hindcasting for forecasting. Evaluating […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Team
International week of marine studies
FOL attends the event to stablish future collaborations
24/07/2019 - During the week from July 15 to 19, over 20 experts in marine research and university authorities from China and Cape Verde attended at “International Week on Marine Studies Multidisciplinary Approaches” organized by Campus do Mar together with the University of Vigo and funded by Erasmus+ programme. The objective of this event was to strengthen […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro, Research
Transformation, adaptation and mitigation for a 1.5 degree global warming
FOL attends one more year the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on Climate Change
18/07/2019 - The Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have organized this year the 10th edition of the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on climate change: “Transformation, adaptation and mitigation for a 1.5 degree global warming”. This-three day course was held in Bilbao from the 8th to the 10th of July […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Iratxe Rubio, Training
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, IPCC, Iratxe Rubio, Training
Scientific outreach: Ant insights to promote a more sustainable organization of fishers
FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión will deliver a dissemination activity at the MUNCYT science museum (A Coruna, Spain) on tuesday
08/07/2019 - All species of ants – about 14,000 – live in colonies. They form complex socities of thousands of individuals where survival depends on their ability to organize. FOL PhD student Alba Aguión has worked with ant colonies during her master at the Elva Robinson´s lab (University of York, UK). Now, focused on the study of […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD
FOL welcomes Guille to the team
Guillermo Martin joins FOL to work on FAO-IHH project
01/07/2019 - Guillermo Martin joined FOL as a project researcher last June to work on the FAO project “Illuminating Hidden Harvests” (IHH-Spain). His significant experience in fisheries science with a large dataset management and statistical and programming skills, applied to a wide range of fisheries and ecological research topics will contribute very positively to reach the objectives […]
CATEGORIES: IHH, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: IHH, Research, Team
The end of the Human Exclusion Experiment
The PERCEBES experiment, aiming to understand the effects of barnacle harvesting, is coming to an end next week
28/06/2019 - As part of her PhD and in line with CLOCK , Alba aims to find suitable adaptation options for the barnacle fishery to compensate the impacts of climate change. As part of her project, and under the umbrella of PERCEBES, Alba has participated for the last 2 years in an experiment set to understand the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Research
Adapting Mediterranean MPAs to the challenges of Climate Change
Marine Protected Areas need to keep up with their objectives
21/06/2019 - The Mediterranean is an enclosed sea highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change inn their waters. Water temperatures have risen close to 2ºC on the last decades, and warming is projected to continue to increase drastically. Warming takes place in surface and deeper waters and species composition is already changing due to invasive species, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Projects, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Projects, Results, Workshop
The Stockholm Resilience Centre, an international research institute to collaborate on network science in complex systems
FOL member Iratxe is visiting the Stockholm Resilience Centre for a research stay
14/06/2019 - Iratxe Rubio, PhD student from the Future Oceans Lab, has defined a tropical tuna large-scale fishery as a social-ecological system (SES) and seeks to investigate whether communication between stakeholders is linked to adaptive capacity in the system. In order to tackle this, Iratxe is visiting the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) for a 2-month research stay […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
We are hiring: open calls for a PhD student and a Postdoc to join FOL
FOL offers two positions to work on adaptation to climate change in fisheries
07/06/2019 - We have two vacancies now available to join the Future Oceans La in the ERC project CLOCK – Climate Adaptation to Shifting Stocks. This highly multidisciplinary project addresses Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine systems from an ecological, social and an economic perspective. If you want to join an active team of researchers committed to […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, PhD, Research
PERCEBES meeting at the University of Vigo
French, Portuguese and Spanish researchers specialised in genetics, ecology and socioeconomics gathered May 14th and 15th to discuss the final steps of the project
31/05/2019 - PERCEBES aims to provide ecological, genetical and socioeconomic information about stalked barnacles (Pollicipes pollicipes), in an attempt to promote a sustainable extraction of the resource across the South of Europe. The project started in 2017 and it will come to an end during the 2020, when a stakeholders meeting will be held in Asturias (coordinators […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
Opportunity: Are you passionate about fisheries economics and climate change?
We open a 2-year post-doc possition to work on bioeconomic fishery modelling and climate change
23/05/2019 - Future Oceans Lab offers a postdoctoral position for a researcher with a strong background in theoretical modelling and fisheries bio-economic analyses. The successful candidate will join our lab led by Elena Ojea in the University of Vigo, Spain, and will work in close collaboration with the Sustainable Fisheries Group and the Environmental Market Solutions Lab […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
Diego Salgueiro visits the James Cook University to develop the second chapter of his PhD research
Diego is conducting a research stay at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (James Cook University)
16/05/2019 - Diego Salgueiro, PhD student of Future Oceans Lab, is studying the adaptation of small-scale fisheries (SSF) to climate change, applying a socio-ecological perspective with a network approach to better understand how the individual and collective attributes can enable or constrain the adaptation and transformation of fisheries under different climate change scenarios. This motivation drove him […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research
New PhD Position on Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Systems
FOL seeking PhD students for developing a PhD at University of Vigo in collaboration with Hokkaido University (Japan)
07/05/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab is excited to publish a new position for a PhD student with a background in marine ecosystems and/or policy. This is a fellowship to start a PhD project in our lab at the University of Vigo, collaborating with Hokkaido University (Japan). Full job details can be found in EURAXESS. The successful […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
Galician Small-Scale Fisheries system completely covered
Diego Salgueiro Otero complete the sampling for the Galician case study
25/04/2019 - Diego Salgueiro, PhD candidate of Future Oceans Lab, is studying the adaptation of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in Galician to climate change. It is within this context that Diego investigates on how social-ecological relationships can be understood under different climate change scenarios. For this, FOL has conducted surveys on the Galician SSF system during the last […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team
New job offer for one research assistant on Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Systems.
UVIGO Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO) of the University of Vigo offers a temporary position to support the research line on Sustainable exploitation of marine resources.
17/04/2019 - UVIGO Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO) offers a temporary position to support the research line on Sustainable exploitation of marine resources. Applications are welcome to cover the Research Assistant position at the Future Oceans Lab (FOL) research group, led by Dr. Elena Ojea. We are looking for a researchers with background on adaptation to climate change in […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer
Teaching dissections and marine species identification at the University of Vigo
PHD CANDIDATE ALBA AGUIÓN WAS TEACHING IN THE LAB SESSIONS OF A ZOOLOGY COURSE FOR SECOND-YEAR MARINE SCIENCES STUDENTS
11/04/2019 - Since the end of February, FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión has assisted in the laboratory sessions of a Marine Zoology course to second-year Marine Sciences students at the University of Vigo. The course is coordinated by the professors Francisco Ramil and Elsa Vázquez and it counts with lectures and laboratory sessions. Alba has been assisting Francisco Ramil, Elsa Vázquez […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research
FOL welcomes Alex to the team
Dr. Tidd joins the ERC-CLOCK project to work on fisheries adaptaion to climate chnage
05/04/2019 - After a competitive selection process for the postdoctoral position on econometrics social-ecological science, Alexander Tidd has succeeded and has joined the CLOCK project and FOL team this March 2019. Alex has over 18 years experience in quantitative fisheries research, where he has developed bio-economic models to find optimal management regulations in fisheries and worked on […]
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Alex Tidd, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Team
Ocean science outreach in Barcelona to commemorate the World Water Day
FOL member Alba Aguión has conducted different scientific activities for kids and adults this week at Vil-la Uránia civic center
21/03/2019 - The World Water Day, designated by the United Nations on March 22nd, is the day used to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. As a way to inspire people to learn more about water-related issues, FOL member Alba Aguión has organized an ocean science outreach event last week in Barcelona. Activities have taken […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Outreach, Workshop
Climate velocity expert Jorge Garcia Molinos visits FOL
The visit allows to set a collaboration agenda for future projects
13/03/2019 - Dr. Jorge García Molinos, assistant professor at the Arctic Research Center, University of Hokkaido (Japan) joined FOL during the last two weeks to develop a collaborative agenda for future projects combining climate impacts in the ocean with adaptation potential of marine resource dependent communities. We had the chance to invite Jorge to our group and […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Seminars
FOL visits CEIP Santa María do Castro at Spanish “11 de Febrero” initiative
FOL was invited to talk about its research on climate change and fisheries
05/03/2019 - The Spanish “11 de Febrero” initiative has been created to commemorate the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” in order to encourage girls to follow a scientific career. With this initiative in mind, FOL was invited by CEIP Santa María do Castro to talk about its current research on fisheries adaptation to climate […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Julia Ameneiro, Research
Preparation of PERCEBES meeting in 2020 to engage stakeholders
Researchers from the University of Vigo and Oviedo met last friday to discuss the best way to present the findings of the project to fishers and policymakers
01/03/2019 - The ultimate goal of research projects related to fisheries management such as PERCEBES is to produce evidence that can be used by decision makers in policies. However, policy making is a complex task influenced by many factors and often the amount of scientific evidence when decisions are taken is scarce. As a way to promote […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Percebes, PhD, Research
FOL is back to the World Maritime Week
The Eurofishing Congress organizes a session on tuna freezer ships at Bilbao Exhibition Centre
20/02/2019 - Iratxe Rubio attended last week the International Eurofishing Congress in Bilbao, which included a thematic session on tuna freezer ships. The session took place on the 12th February 2019, in the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, and was hosted within the World Maritime Week, where the naval, fisheries, energy and port sectors are gathered together for a […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research
Jorge García Molinos talks about marine biodiversity challenges under climate change in Vigo
Jorge visits us from Japan to give a Campus do Mar seminar on February 26th
13/02/2019 - In two weeks , Professor Jorge Garcia Molinos from the University of Hokkaido (Japan) will be presenting his work on climate change and marine biodiversity to the Campus do Mar community at the University of Vigo. Jorge’s seminar: “Reorganization of marine biodiversity under climate change: new challenges and opportunities”, will cover how climate change […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Research
A week in Durban for the first IPCC LAM
The 6th Assessment Report starts and Lead Authors meet for the first time
31/01/2019 - Elena Ojea is back from Durban (South Africa) where she attended the first Lead Author Meeting (LAM) for the next IPCC Assessment Report (AR6). The week was intense but very exciting and Elena got to know the IPCC process first hand and started the work with the colleagues from the Working Group on Impacts and […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
Future Oceans Lab visits the Association of deaf people in Vigo
Last week Elena Ojea and Diego Salgueiro talked about their current research on climate change adaptation in the AsOr-Vigo
25/01/2019 - Once more time Future Oceans gets out of the Lab to disseminate scientific knowledge about climate change adaptation. In this occasion, Elena Ojea and Diego Salgueiro reached the Asociación de personas sordas-AsOrVigo (Assotiation of deaf people) in Vigo to talk about their current research in climate change impacts on marine environment and small scale fisheries […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
Flying to Durban for the first IPCC Lead Author Meeting
Elena Ojea goes to South Africa on Friday for a week to intercat with other authors and reviewers
18/01/2019 - The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) is launching a work agenda for the next assessment report, with the first Lead Author Meeting taking place in South Africa next week. Elena Ojea is leaving on friday to attend the event, where she will be contributing to the Working Group II, Oceans Chapter. The lead authors […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab: Second year!
The team is realizing all the work done so far
09/01/2019 - As we begin 2019, it seems to be the right time to look back over the last year and take stock of all that happened at FOL, draw up a summary of the group achievements and face the new challenges that lie ahead. Last year has been big in outreach achievements for FOL, and we […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, Research, Team
Alba´s 4-month research stay at the University of California comes to its end
FOL PhD candidate has been working since September at Bren School in Santa Barbara under the supervision of the professor Christopher Costello
19/12/2018 - As part of her PhD, Alba Aguión is constructing a spatial bioeconomic model for the stalked barnacle fishery in Galicia (NW Spain). After her visit to the University of Oviedo to work with Antonella Rivera at the end of August, Alba moved to Santa Barbara to start a research stay at the Bren School of Environmental Science […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Percebes, PhD, Research
FOL at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
Elena Ojea and Iratxe Rubio worked together at BC3 to plan new steps in CLOCK
13/12/2018 - Last November, Elena Ojea visited the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), where FOL PhD student Iratxe is currently developing her work. The BC3 is a research center that produces multi and trans-disciplinary knowledge on the causes and consequences of climate change, relevant to decision making towards sustainable development at international level. This year, 2018, […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Research
News from Santa Barbara
TWO FOL MEMBERS ARE VISITING THE EMLAB AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA (UCSB). THE VISIT IS BEING FULFILLING BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND CULTURALLY.
27/11/2018 - It has been two months since Sissi started her visit at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), following the footsteps of Alba, another FOL member. The purpose of her visit is to work with Professor Costello, the collaborator of FOL’s CLOCK project, and the director of UCSB’s Environmental Market Solution Lab [emlab]. The joint […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Research
Contribution to the Spanish Marine Strategy 2020
FOL goes to Madrid to participate in a stakeholder workshop on marine economic impacts
22/11/2018 - The Spanish Marine Strategy is under development to achieve the second cycle objectives for year 2020. Following an European directive, the government is developing a series of projects to improve and further develop the efforts made by Spain in 2012, and achieve a good environmental status for 2020. This second cycle includes an assessment of […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab at Muncyt for the Climate Change Weekend
FOL was invited by the Science Museum in Coruña to talk to students about fisheries and climate change
12/11/2018 - During the weekend of 26 to 28 October, the Museum of Science (MUNCYT) of Coruña (Galicia) organized the so-called “Climate Change Weekend”, an educational science conference focused on climate change. During these days, students and a general audience visited the museum and attended the different exhibitions, conferences and workshops. These activities are designed to foster public […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab invited to share its scientific knowledge on board of INTERMARES
Diego Salgueiro Otero, talks in the INTERMARES about Climate change, impacts and adaptations of fisheries around the world
08/11/2018 - The INTERMARES ship keeps its goal of teaching along the coastal countries about the importance and consequences of sustainable fishing. The cooperative mission of this vessel reached many countries around world before arriving Vigo last week, and it will keeping travelling along Spanish and African coast until the end of the year. In every port […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Workshop
FOL awarded for Alba´s Pecha Kucha presentation at the International Small-Scale Fisheries Congress
Pecha kucha is an innovative format in which researchers present 20 slides, each for 20 seconds
02/11/2018 - Last week, FOL PhD candidates Diego Salgueiro and Alba Aguión have attented the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (3WSFC) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. During the gathering, researchers, ONGs, fishers and policy-makers have discussed the future challenges of Small-scale Fisheries with the aim to formulate action plans to facilitate the implementation of the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines from […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
New Postdoctoral Position on econometrics/quantitative social-ecological science in CLOCK
We open a 2-year post-doc to explore the governance and management conditions that drive fisheries resilience
31/10/2018 - The Future Oceans Lab is excited to publish a job offer for a postdoctoral researcher with a background on quantitative approaches to environmental social sciences and economics. This is a 2 year appointment full time to join our lab at the University of Vigo, Spain. Full job details can be found in EURAXESS. The postdoctoral […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, Research
Future Oceans Lab attends the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress in Thailand
Diego Salgueiro Otero presents his research outcomes on Small-Scale Fisheries Adaptation to Climate Change in Chiang Mai
31/10/2018 - The 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (3WSFC), an international event that aims for transdisciplinarity, transformation and the future of small-scale fisheries was placed in Chiang Mai (Thailand) during October 22nd-26th. As five main pillars of this worldwide meeting, five different themes where developed each day (Science, Communities, Policy, Field and Actions) by several communicating sessions (plenary, science […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Results, Workshop
Diego’s PhD research enters the third year with a rich and diverse background
Adaptation to climate change in small-scale fisheries research, a second year with multiple outcomes
26/10/2018 - Diego Salgueiro, member of Future Oceans Lab starts his third year as PhD student leaving behind a completed second year full of challenges and advances in his research. During this time, Diego lead the second edition of Future Oceans Around, took part as a participant in the Candieira Project, joined the stakeholders meeting for INTEMARES […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Research, Seminars, Team, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Research, Seminars, Team, Workshop
Assessing the adaptive capacity of Galician shellfisheries
Francesca Barazzetta defended her Master Thesis about Climate Change and shellfisheries
19/10/2018 - Francesca Barazzetta, student of the Master of Science (MSc) in Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen, presented her thesis on the 23rd of August about “Fishers livelihoods and climate change: the adaptive capacity of shellfish gatherers”. Francesca developed her work in collaboration with the Future Ocean Lab under the supervision of Elena Ojea. During […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, MSc Thesis, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Elena Ojea, MSc Thesis, Research
FOL team is in Cambodia teaching on a Summer School
Team members develop one of the workshops on research capacity and resource management
10/10/2018 - Dockside is a cooperation project between European and Cambodian Universities to develop research capacity and joint collaborations. As part of the project, FOL members Diego Salgueiro and Elena Ojea are in Cambodia to conduct a one-week workshop on Resource management under climate change and biodiversity loss, with the help of Laura Movilla, from the University […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Workshop
Alba presents her work on bioeconomic models at the University of California
FOL PhD student Alba Aguión is currently conducting a research stay in UCSB
24/09/2018 - Bioeconomic models are powerful tools to integrate the ecological and economical components of a fishery and to determine appropriate levels of stock and catch. As part of her PhD project and in line with the objectives of CLOCK, Alba Aguión is working on a spatial bioeconomic model for the stalked barnacle fishery in Galicia. After her visit to […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Seminars
News about Iratxe´s PhD research on tropical tuna fisheries and climate change
FOL PhD student Iratxe Rubio's second advisory committee from DoMar programme
29/08/2018 - As part of Campus do Mar doctoral programme DoMar, FOL member Iratxe Rubio has conducted her second advisory boar meeting, with Dr. Alistair Hobday from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO, Australia), Dr. Francisco Saborido Rey from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC, Spain), and her supervisor Elena Ojea (University of Vigo). During the […]
CATEGORIES: PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: PhD, Research
Future Oceans Lab runs the widest social-ecological survey in Galician small-scale fisheries
FOL fieldwork team samples fishing communities and their territory this summer
22/08/2018 - During this summer, FOL carried out a social survey at the Galician small-scale fisheries (SSF) communities with the objective of understanding adaptation to climate change from a social-ecological approach. This goal, included in CLOCK project is also part of the doctoral research of Diego Salgueiro, FOL member. Last spring, a preliminary questionnaire designed by Elena […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD, Projects, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD, Projects, Research, Team
Second year of Alba´s PhD research on spatial management and climate change
FOL PhD Alba Aguión has just received the approval from her advisory committee from Campus do Mar doctoral programme
08/08/2018 - As part of Campus do Mar doctoral programme, students are assigned an advisory committee to monitor their progress and provide feedback and suggestions annually. After the approval of her PhD plan last summer, FOL member Alba Aguión has just conducted a second meeting with her advisory board; formed by Henrique Queiroga (University of Aveiro) and Eréndira Aceves (University of Duke) as […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
Future Oceans Lab in the nub of “We learn, We teach”
FOL takes part of ALIADAS project second stage
01/08/2018 - FOL member, Diego Salgueiro, attended the second connecting-meeting of ALIADAS project. This project is born as a branch of Candieira initiative and has already shown its first results. One of its examples was placed on Ria de Vigo-A Guarda GALP (local action group for fishers), where shellfish gatherers, NGO members and researchers met at ECIMAT in […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research
FOL will be at the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress
PhD candidates Diego and Alba will present their ongoing work at the conference held this October in Chiang Mai (Thailand)
26/07/2018 - The World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (WSFC) placed this year 2018 at Chinag Mai (Thailand) from October 22nd to 26th, is an annual forum to discuss about the implementation of small-scale fisheries (SSF) guidelines to achieve sustainable development goals. This year, the congress will be focus on efforts that help to enhance our understanding about transformation in fisheries […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Projects, Research
In Rome for the COFI side event on the new FAO Atlas of fishing effort
Elena Ojea participates in the Panel that discusses Global Fishing Footprint
17/07/2018 - The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) celebrated last week its 33rd session at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. Delegates from most countries in the world participate in the COFI intergovernmental forum that discusses the main issues and problems in fisheries and aquaculture, with the aim of proposing recommendations to governments and regional fishing organizations, […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea
Returning from the 6th World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE)
Sissi presented her work on coastal mixed fisheries in the 6th WCERE
10/07/2018 - The 6 th World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE) was held in Gothenburg in Sweden during June 25-29, 2018. Over 1400 environmental and resource economists attended the Congress, and about 1000 articles were presented. Sissi Liu from Future Oceans Lab presented her work on “Price expectations and supply response of coastal mixed fisheries”, Professor […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach
“Climate risk and the future of international climate policy”
FOLab attends one more year the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on Climate Change
06/07/2018 - The Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is organizing this year the 9th edition of the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on climate change: “Climate risk and the future of international climate policy “. This-three day course is being held in Bilbao from the 4th to the […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio
Showing the vulnerability of Galician TURFs
Raquel Ruiz Díaz presents her internship work at the EMBRC-IMBRSea Symposium
04/07/2018 - Raquel Ruiz Díaz, student of the International Master in Marine Biological Resources IMBRSea presented last week the work developed for her professional practice at Future Oceans Lab. During 2 months, Raquel assessed the vulnerability of Galician goose barnacle fishery to climate impacts with the collaboration of Elena Ojea, Xiaozi Liu and Alba Aguión. The study […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Results, Team
Spatial R course for Iratxe and Alba funded by Euromarine
Both FOL members take this week an advanced analysis R course at the University of Zaragoza (Spain)
28/06/2018 - While Iratxe studies the distributional shifts of tropical tuna fisheries in the Atlantic, Alba explores the role of spatial planning in the management of benthic fisheries. Both FOL members are interested in the understanding of how the fisheries of their case studies can compensate the expected impacts of climate change. To be able to answer […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
FOL presents at the VI International Symposium on Marine Science
Elena Fontán presented the new Fisheries Resilience Index at the ISMS conference
26/06/2018 - Last week Vigo became the world capital of Marine Science as all oceanographers and marine scientist gathered in the city for the 6th International Symposium on Marine Science. Elena Fontán attended and represented FOL, presenting the new Fisheries Resilience Index and the first results of the CLOCK project. This Fisheries Resilience Index is a novel […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
Human Exclusion Experiment: new setting up of cages
ALBA´S PHD EXPERIMENT AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF STALKED BARNACLE HARVESTING ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE STANDS
21/06/2018 - Stalked barnacles are the most important intertidal economical resource in the rocky shores of Galicia. In line with CLOCK objectives, FOL member Alba Aguión is keen to find during her PhD adaptation options for the barnacle fishery to compensate the impacts of climate change, such as changes in the rotational harvest cycles currently conducted. In order to […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research
Ixai Salvo presents his work next week at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar
His talk will be the 8th talk in the series and it will cover methodologies to measure quality in fisheries governence
19/06/2018 - Next Wednesday, June 27, at 1pm, Ixai Salvo from CETMAR will be presenting his work on measuring the quality of fisheries governance though stakeholder perceptions at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). IFS is the seminar series at the University of Vigo presented by Campus do Mar and ECOBAS. In his seminar entitled “Measuring good fisheries governance: What do stakeholders […]
CATEGORIES: Seminars
CATEGORIES: Seminars
Diego Salgueiro awarded the Xunta de Galicia PhD fellowship
FOL PhD student has been awarded with a three-years doctoral fellowship to keep his novel research moving on
14/06/2018 - FOL PhD student, Diego Salgueiro, was awarded by the Galician government for a three-year doctoral fellowship to develop his research on adaptation of small-scale fisheries. The Galician government offers annually around 100 PhD fellowships split in two modalities. Although one of these modalities is for ensuring the inclusion of all areas of knowledge, the other […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Research
José Luis Santiago, PhD presents at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series next week
THE SEVENTH TALK OF THE SERIES WILL COVER HIS LATEST PAPER ON THE socioeconomic impacts of catch limitations
12/06/2018 - Next Wednesday, June 20, at 1pm, José Luis Santiago will be presenting his latest published paper in the journal Fisheries Research at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). IFS is the seminar series at the University of Vigo presented by Campus do Mar and ECOBAS. In his seminar entitled “An applied method for assessing socioeconomic impacts of European fisheries quota-based […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
FOL presenting at the 4th climate change and fisheries international symposium
Results of the clock project have been presented at ECWOO
07/06/2018 - Washington DC is living this week an international appointment for scientists working on climate change in the oceans. Future Oceans Lab is attending the 4th international symposium of ICES/PICES and presenting the first results of the Clock project. Iratxe Rubio is presenting her PhD work on shifts in distribution in tropical tuna fisheries in the […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach, Projects, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach, Projects, Results
Learning about bioeconomic models at UCSB
PhD candidate Alba Aguión will conduct a 3 month stay at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management in California
05/06/2018 - Bioeconomic models are powerful tools to integrate the ecological and economical components of a fishery and to determine appropriate levels of stock and catch. As part of her PhD project and in line with the objectives of CLOCK, Alba Aguión is constructing a spatial bioeconomic model for the stalked barnacle fishery in Galicia. The model will […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, Projects, Research
New job offer for 5 field work assistants in project CLOCK
During 1 month candidates will conduct interviews at fishers guilds in Galicia
01/06/2018 - At FOL we are excited to publish an offer for 5 field work assistant positions for this month of July. Full job details can be found in the EURAXESS website and in these files in English, Spanish, and Galician. Successful applicants will interview fishers and shellfish-gatherers in 10 Galician communities (confradías) along Galicia’s coastline. These […]
CATEGORIES: Projects, Team
CATEGORIES: Projects, Team
Future Oceans Lab at the INTEMARES stakeholder participation phase
FOL researcher Diego at the stakeholder's workshop on Marine Protected Areas
25/05/2018 - LIFE+IP+INTEMARES, as a follow up step of LIFE+INDEMARES, is considered the biggest project of marine conservation in Europe. LIFE IP INTEMARES drive its work towards an integrative, innovative and participative management of Natura 2000 marine network in Spain. Its objective is to reach a strong marine network of nature protection areas stated on Natura 2000 and […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Research, Workshop
Seminar on marine shifting stocks at the University of Vigo
This thrusday FOL member Alba Aguión will be presenting at the Café con Sal seminars organized by ECIMAT
22/05/2018 - This Thursday, May 24th, at 11 am, FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión will be presenting a collaborative work we are doing at the lab on shifting stocks at the University of Vigo. The talk will take place as part of the Café con sal seminar series organized by ECIMAT. Alba’s seminar entitled “Implications of the observed […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Projects, Research
CLOCK presentation at the EAFE workshop on international fisheries agreements
The European Fisheries Economists Association held the workshop in the Faroe Islands
18/05/2018 - May 14—15 2018, the workshop on international agreements in the fisheries sector was held in Faore Islands. The workshop is organized by the European Association of Fisheries Economists (EAFE). Over 30 participants from academics, research institutes, European Commission, and NGOs joined the workshop. Professor Pedro Pintassilgo at the University of Algarve gave keynote speech. Sissi […]
CATEGORIES: Workshop
CATEGORIES: Workshop
Our new publication on impacts and adaptation in coastal Bangladesh is now out
The paper analyses the changes in livelihoods for fishers vulnerable to environmental impacts
14/05/2018 - A new paper in collaboration with the DECCMA project on Deltas and livelihoods in the face of climate change is now out in Science of the Total Environment. Elena Ojea has collaborated with Mostafa Hossain from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Jose A. Fernandes from Azti (Basque Country), and Munir Ahmed (TARA, Bangladesh) in this new study […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Research, Results
Alexandre Alonso Fernández and Jaime Otero Villar present at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series next week
THE SIXTH TALK OF THE SERIES WILL COVER THE LATEST PROJECTS AT THE TECHNICAL UNIT OF ARTISANAL FISHERIES (UTPB, IIM-CSIC)
02/05/2018 - Next Tuesday, May 8, at 1pm, Alexandre Alonso Fernández and Jaime Otero Villar will be presenting the latest results of their collaboration with the regional government (Xunta de Galicia) at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). IFS is the seminar series at the University of Vigo presented by Campus do Mar and ECOBAS. Alexandre and Jaime’s seminar entitled “The details […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Future Oceans Around ends its second-year programme
Training Resilience thinking among students by a discussion process
30/04/2018 - As the last session of this academic year 2017/18, Future Occeans Around finish its route with the group of 2º Bach students at IES Val Miñor focusing on Resilience Thinking. Resilience is considered as the capacity of a system (social-ecological system in this case) to experience shocks while retaining essentially the same function, structure, feedbacks […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach
CATEGORIES: Outreach
FOL in the PERCEBES meeting at the Roscoff Marine Station
Alba Aguión has travelled to Britanny to meet PERCEBES research fellows
25/04/2018 - As part of the project PERCEBES, 5 European universities are collaborating to understand the implications of spatial management for the barnacle fishery in SW Europe. These universities are: Oviedo and Vigo (Spain), Aveiro and Évora (Portugal) and Sorbonne (France). In July 2017 the different regions started a 2-year experiment to understand the effects of harvesting on the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Projects, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Projects, Research, Workshop
Ecosystem services and adaptation to climate change in Africa
New publication in colaboration with BC3
19/04/2018 - Ecosystem services obtained from nature are fundamental for human well-being. It is well known that ecosystem services flows and values are affected by climate change, but less evidence exists on the contribution of ecosystem services to adaptation. This interlinks between adaptation to climate change and the value of ecosystem services has been explored in a […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
Learning about bioeconomic models at the University of Oviedo
Alba Aguión has been working with Antonella Rivera and Katja Geiger on a spatial model for the barnacle fishery
17/04/2018 - Bioeconomic models are powerful tools to integrate the ecological and economical components of a fishery and to determine appropriate levels of stock and catch. As part of her PhD and in line with the objectives of CLOCK, Alba Aguión will develop a spatial bioeconomic model for the Stalked Barnacle fishery in Galicia. The model will integrate […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research, Training
Prof. Ben Halpern visits for CLOCK advisory board meeting
Ben and FOL moved forward on CLOCK research and experienced Galician fisheries on the ground
12/04/2018 - Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Ben Halpern from UCSB and NCEAS for a CLOCK advisory board meeting. This was a wonderful opportunity for the FOL team to work directly with Ben, and for Ben to get to know Galicia and its small-scale fisheries sector first hand. Ben’s visit schedule included many […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Team, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Team, Workshop
Elena Ojea will be Lead Author on the 6th IPCC Report
Elena joins the team of 15 world–renowned experts working on the Report's Oceans Chapter
09/04/2018 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) through the Spanish Office of Climate Change (OECC) has named Elena Ojea Lead Author in Working Group II Chapter 3 of the upcoming 6th IPCC Assessment Report. In this chapter, she will be working on synthesizing the best available science on the impacts of climate change on ocean […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Prizes
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Prizes
Francesca Barazzetta joins FOL for master’s thesis research
Together with Diego and Elena she will be working on local climate change adaptation strategies
02/04/2018 - We are looking forward to welcoming Francesca Barazzetta at FOL! Francesca joins us from the University of Copenhagen where she is studying her Master’s in Climate Change Science. At FOL she will be completing her thesis research on small-scale fisheries climate adaptation strategies with Diego and Elena. Francesca will analyze the past and present adaptation […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Team
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Team
Future Oceans Around assessing Ocean Health Index
Students of IES Val Miñor re-design the Ocean Health Index for an Independent Assessment at Ría de Vigo
27/03/2018 - Once more, FOA shares knowledge with the 2º Bach students at IES Val Miñor. This time, we worked on the application of Ocean Health Index (OHI) as an independent assessment for Ría de Vigo region. The OHI is a complex indicator that analyses the relations among oceans and societies. The index attempts to reveal how healthy […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
Raquel Ruiz Díaz joins FOL for a 2-month research stay
Raquel will be working on research for her master's thesis with FOL teammembers Alba and Sissi
26/03/2018 - We are looking forward to welcoming Raquel Ruiz Díaz at FOL for a 2-month research stay. Raquel joins us from Ghent University, Belgium, where she is studying her International Masters’ in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea). During her stay she will be collaborating with Alba Aguión and Sissi Liu in a study to map out the […]
CATEGORIES: MSc Thesis, Team
CATEGORIES: MSc Thesis, Team
Dr. Ben Halpern presents at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series next month
Ben will be visiting FOL and UVigo for the CLOCK Advisory Board Meeting
21/03/2018 - Next month, on Wednesday April 4 at 1pm, Dr. Ben Halpern from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will be presenting his perspective on ‘Identifying, measuring, and mapping limits in ocean ecosystems’ at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). His talk will also be the keynote speech of the DOMAR PhD Student Welcome Day, the […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, PhD, Projects, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Clock, PhD, Projects, Seminars
FOL gets once again involved in scientific dissemination
The Training Caravan initiative of the Basque Centre for Climate Change is back in its 9th edition
20/03/2018 - The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) jointly with the Department of Education of the Basque Government have been launching since 2010 an initiative called “Training Caravan” (Researchers at the classroom). FOL member Iratxe Rubio, who is currently based at BC3, is organizing and taking part in the 9th edition of this initiative. The aim […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
FOL collaborates with the regional government to study Galician small-scale fisheries
An agreement between the Galician Fisheries Administration and FOL has been signed to conduct marine research together
15/03/2018 - Small-scale fisheries in Galicia are managed at a regional level. The Consellería do Mar (Xunta de Galicia) is responsible of the shellfish and other artisanal fishing practices, aquaculture activities and the processing of marine products. As part of their work, they gather and analyse data of the different fisheries in Galicia aiming to ensure a sustainable […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Projects, Research
Future Oceans Lab on air
Future Oceans Lab was interviewed by radio program Efervesciencia
14/03/2018 - Marine systems, temperature patterns, oceanic currents, climate change, fish distribution, social dependence, socio-economic implications, resilience and adaptation are some words that can perfectly define the research at Future Oceans Lab. Last weekend, Future Oceans Lab was interviewed by the Galician radio programme Efervesciencia. During this relaxed talk, FOL got closer to the audience to bring novel […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Team
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Team
FOL visits Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM/CSIC) and Barcelona Ocean
Sissi attended a course about modeling species distributions using a Bayesian approach
07/03/2018 - Last week Sissi joined a four-day specialized course on statistical modeling of species distribution. The course is organized by Barcelona Ocean, which is a joint initiative of InvestigAdHoc and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM, Institut de Ciències de Mar). Barcelona Ocean regularly organizes the specialized trainings in marine sciences to professionals and researchers. The course […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training
Teaching a Marine Sciences Course at the University of Vigo
PhD candidate Alba Aguión will be teaching in the lab sessions of a Marine Zoology course
01/03/2018 - In the following weeks FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión will be joining the team teaching the Marine Zoology class to second-year Marine Sciences students at the University of Vigo. The course is coordinated by the professors Francisco Ramil and Elsa Vázquez and it counts with lectures and laboratory sessions. Alba will assist Francisco Ramil and the postdoc […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, PhD, Research
Iria García Lorenzo presents at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series next week
THE FOURTH TALK OF THE SERIES WILL ANALYZE FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS AS DISTINCTIVE SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTITIES
27/02/2018 - Next Wednesday, March 7, at 1pm, Iria García Lorenzo will be presenting her work on Galician fishermen’s associations at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). IFS is the new seminar series at the University of Vigo presented by Campus do Mar and ECOBAS. Iria’s seminar entitled “Participation in Fishermen’s Associations. Study applied to the small-scale fisheries of Galicia” will examine the […]
CATEGORIES: Seminars
CATEGORIES: Seminars
FOA 5th session: Assessing vulnerability to climate change
The students of IES Val Miñor analysed the impacts of climate change through Vulnerability Assessment Framework
21/02/2018 - Vulnerability Assessment Framework, originated by IPCC and developed later by different researchers, focuses on the analysis of the impacts on natural resources and the consequences in social communities related. This analysis provides a score of vulnerability which is composed by three different degrees (exposure, sensibility and adaptive capacity), at two different dimensions (ecological and social). […]
CATEGORIES: Research
CATEGORIES: Research
CLOCK research will be represented in Washington DC at ECCWO18
4th Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans
19/02/2018 - Climate change and fisheries research community gets together every 3 years on the International Symposium on the at the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO). The event is organized jointly by ICES and PICES, the regional fisheries councils that provide scientific advice for management in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Workshop
2018 FOA curriculum focuses on identifying planetary boundaries at a regional scale
Students of IES Val Miñor analysed the planetary boundaries and discussed about the utility of the framework
14/02/2018 - Future Oceans Around starts the new year 2018 with a planetary perspective. This week, Future Oceans Lab lead the fourth session of Future Oceans Around at IES Val Miñor to talk about the Planetary Boundaries Framework. This framework aims the description of social-ecological processes that main drives the transforming status of the planet. This framework […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
FOL’s collaboration in a newly released report by EDF
EDF Europe has launched a report on impacts of warming oceans on North East Atlantic fisheries management and governance
08/02/2018 - After the collaborative workshop on climate change impacts and fisheries management held in Copenhagen last August 2017 which FOL member Iratxe Rubio attended, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) published last week a report entitled Climate-Related Impacts on Fisheries Management and Governance in the North East Atlantic. EDF is a non-profit organization that advocates using science, […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Workshop
Presenting our work on commercial fish shifting stocks
Elena Ojea at the University of Santiago de Compostela (IDEGA) for a scientific seminar
06/02/2018 - Almost 10 years ago, in June 2008, Elena Ojea was finalizing her PhD thesis at the Galician Institute for Development (IDEGA-USC), writing the last lines of her dissertation work. Directed by Professor Maria L. Loureiro, Elena found how societal preferences towards recovering marine species, including depleted stocks, was motivated by altruistic attitudes, and once species […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Outreach, Projects, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Clock, Outreach, Projects, Seminars
Xiaozi Liu, Ph.D. presents at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series next week
The third talk of the series will cover factors affecting fishers´ decisionmaking
01/02/2018 - Next Wednesday, February 7, at 1pm, Xiaozi (Sissi) Liu will be presenting her work on small-scale fishers’ responses to changes in market price at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). IFS is the new seminar series at the University of Vigo presented by Campus do Mar and ECOBAS. Xiaozi’s seminar entitled “The Supply Response of Small-Scale Fishers in a License-Controlled Mixed Fishery” […]
CATEGORIES: Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
CATEGORIES: Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
FOL meets PERCEBES research fellows in Portugal
Elena and Alba attented the meeting scheduled for January 29th and 30th at the University of Aveiro
30/01/2018 - As part of the PERCEBES project, the larval connectivity patterns of the Stalked Barnacle in Europe are being studied. Since population connectivity is a key feature when it comes to spatial management, larval models will provide precious information for Alba´s research on the optimal management design for this resource in Galicia. These connectivity models are […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Results, Workshop
Workshop on the ecosystem services provided by Marine Protected Areas
We attend the ECOMAR meeting held in Vigo with researchers from Portugal and Spain
24/01/2018 - ECOMAR is a network project financed by CYTED where researchers from Portugal, Spain and Latin American Countries work together to understand ecosystem services in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). As part of the activities, this week 15 researchers from the European network have met at the University of Vigo to advance on the joint research. ECOMAR […]
CATEGORIES: Ecomar, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Ecomar, Projects, Research
The new year visit to a Taiwanese fishing port
Sissi tells us about her most recent visit to a fishing port in Taiwan
10/01/2018 - When it comes to rain, Vigo is not alone. Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is another city known for its winter rain. Similar to the Spanish cuisine, seafood is deeply ingrained in Taiwanese food culture. During the 2018 new year break, FOL paid a visit to a Taiwanese fishing port, Ziguan (蚵子寮), about 300 kilometers […]
CATEGORIES: Projects, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
CATEGORIES: Projects, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
Students in Future Oceans Around simulate decision-making process
Students of high school VAL MIÑOR designed a Marine Reserve with fishing Interest
04/01/2018 - The last session of Future Oceans Around in 2017 was dedicated to the understanding of the interactions between the social and environmental dimensions a social-ecological systems. This session proposed a decision-making process as an example of a common ground for stakeholders to agree on their different objectives for resource management. The case study proposed to […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Team, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Team, Workshop
New publication on co-production of marine ecosystem services
Elena and colleagues analyze five small-scale fisheries in Galicia and Northern Portugal
02/01/2018 - We are starting off the New Year right at FOL with the publication of an analysis of co-production of marine ecosystem services (ES) in the International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. The publication, lead by Luis Outeiro from the University of Santiago (USC) is a result of the ICES working group on marine ecosystem […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Research, Results
FOL students participate in Fisheries Management course of DO*MAR Program
Alba, Iratxe, and Diego worked on different scientific reports to improve monitoring and assessment of marine resources
27/12/2017 - FOL PhD candidates completed this month the course “Evaluation and Management of Fishery and Shellfish Resources” launched by the DO*MAR doctoral program at the University of Vigo. The course was coordinated by the UVigo researchers Gonzalo Macho and Elsa Vázquez, and counted with the participation of academics from Portugal Karim Erzini and Paulo Vasconcelos, and fisheries biologists of […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Training, Workshop
Alba Aguion publishes her University of York Master thesis
Alba's master project has been published in the Journal of The Royal Society Interface
21/12/2017 - Two years ago, during Alba‘s Master in Ecology and Environmental Management at the University of York (United Kingdom), she took part in a research project in the high Arctic led by the professor and researcher Kelly Redeker. The study aimed to find evidence of ongoing microbial metabolism in arctic glaciers. To do so, Alba collected gas […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Research, Results
FOL begins collaboration with ALIADAS network in Ría de Vigo
FOL learns about the local social-ecological reality and helps with the training program
19/12/2017 - FOL began to work on the project ALIADAS of the CANDIEIRA network, dedicated to the support of women in the fisheries sector. This is the second initiative we collaborate on since we started working together this summer on project EMBARCA, dedicated to creating incentives for women entrepreneurs in marine tourism. Similarly to EMBARCA, ALIADAS is a local […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab: Year One!
Elena Ojea launched our research group on climate change adaptation only one year ago
15/12/2017 - It’s time to celebrate a successful first year at FOL. Under Elena Ojea’s leadership we have developed new solutions to small- and large-scale fisheries management, and we have been awarded major research grants as we continued to expand our global and local reach in both the research community and the fisheries sector. This has been possible mainly thanks to the […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Team
Mikko Heino, Ph.D. presents at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series this week
The second talk of the new seminar series will cover how to reconcile stakeholder conflicts in Norwegian fisheries
11/12/2017 - This Wednesday, December 13, 1pm, Visiting Professor Mikko Heino from the University of Bergen and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) will be presenting his work on reconciling stakeholder conflicts at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). IFS is the new seminar series at the University of Vigo presented by Campus do Mar […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
Future Oceans Around assesses the ecosystem services in Val Miñor region
Students of IES Val Miñor valued the ecosystem services of their region
23/11/2017 - This morning we shared a brief session with the students of IES Val Miñor evaluating Ecosystem Services and discuss about the impacts on the society, as part of our on going Future Oceans Around Programme. During this meeting, the ecosystem services session involved elements of role-play based on topics drawn from current, real-life issues. So, students created their […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Research
Reaching out to the Game Theory Community
"A good model in game [and economic ] theory is like a good fable, which is only loosely connected to reality but something significant remains."
15/11/2017 - Lisbon, less than 500 km south of Vigo, appears to be a hot spot for game theorists. During November 9-11, 2017, FOL’s postdoctoral researcher, Xiaozi, attended the 9th edition of the Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications . The Lisbon Meetings, hosted by UECE at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management, are an […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Workshop
The Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar program starts this week
Eduardo Sánchez opens the series on November 16th talking about stock assessment methods
13/11/2017 - On November 16th, at 14:30, Eduardo Sánchez from the University of Alicante (Spain) will present the results of his Master thesis, directed by José Mª da Rocha, professor at the University of Vigo. Eduardo holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Fisheries Management and will be the first speaker in the new series of seminars between […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars
A new Series of Fisheries Seminars at the University of Vigo
The INterdisciplinary Fisheries Seminars is a new open forum for discussing research findings in fisheries
10/11/2017 - This Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminars programme will allow different research groups working on fisheries to have a fruitful exchange in order to learn from others how common question are being solved from diverse perspectives such as economics, ecology and management. All students and researchers interested in the field are welcomed, both from the University and abroad, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team
University of Oviedo visit as part of the PERCEBES project
FOL PhD student Alba Aguión meets Oviedo researchers from PERCEBES to develop a lab protocol together
10/11/2017 - Elena Ojea and PhD student Alba Aguión are part of the european project PERCEBES, which aims to explore the spatial management of the Stalked Barnacle fishery in Europe. To do so, PERCEBES aims to understand the connectivity patterns of the barnacle populations across the Atlantic coast of Europe, with modellers from the University of Aveiro (Portugal) […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Projects, Team, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Projects, Team, Workshop
EMBARCA project walks its first step in Arcade
The fishing tourism project created on Candieira, completed its first workshop last week in Arcade
02/11/2017 - FOL got part last week in EMBARCA project, which aims to disseminate the knowledge, culture and practices that shellfish gathers hold from their daily life. Not only framing the value of the marine resources or the beauty of shellfish gathers activity and surroundings, EMBARCA will also show woman role in these communities and its importance, […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
FOL at the Fisheries Economics workshop in Norway
Future Oceans Lab participated in fisheries economics workshop at the Norwegian School of Economics.
30/10/2017 - Xiaozi, a Postdoc researcher at the FOL, participated in two-day Fisheries Economics workshop in Bergen Norway (Oct. 27-28, 2017). The workshop is initiated by Dr. Kvamsdal who leads ARCtic Marine Resources under Climate Change: Environmental, Socio-Economic Perspectives and Governance funded by the Research Council of Norway. Fisheries economists from Norway, Finland, Canada, US, and Spain shared […]
CATEGORIES: Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Training, Workshop
FOL in CETMAR for climate change outreach events
this week we contribute to SAF-21 Workshop and to Galician Climathon
27/10/2017 - Future Oceans lab participated this week in two events held for advancing on solutions for climate change in fisheries. Elena Ojea gave an overview on the challenges of fisheries governance, in a one-day session that also involved Juan Carlos Surís (UVigo), Antonio García Allut (University of Coruña), Françoise Bretton (UAB) and Jose Luís Satiago (CETMAR). This […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Workshop
Future Oceans Around 2.0: The second-year-outreach program at the high school
We celebrate the first session of our dissemination program at IES Val Miñor for this new academic year
27/10/2017 - Fully charged of energy after the long summer holidays, FOL is ready to share, learn, work and play with the new group of Earth and Environment science students of IES Val Miñor about research questions, scientific problems and decision-making processes in real cases. Future Oceans Around 2.0 has started yesterday, 26th October 2017, and will […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
FOL will be in the largest online science event with schools
PhD student Alba Aguión will participate in the popular online science engagement contest during the next spanish edition
18/10/2017 - PhD student Alba Aguión has been selected as one of the 30 researchers from Spain that will be taking part in the forthcoming event of “I´m a scientist, get me out of here”. The event, originated in the UK but rapidly spread through different countries, aims to link school students with scientists. Through this connection […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, PhD, Projects
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, PhD, Projects
We present our work in CIRED-Paris
The research centre on environment and development focuses on climate change
16/10/2017 - Last week Elena Ojea gave a seminar at the Centre International de Reserche sur l’Environment at Dévelopment (CIRED) in Paris (France). CIRED is a world class research center where multi-disciplinar researchers work in climate change and energy research, with special focus in policy. The center holds a weekly seminar program where they open presentations to […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
Prof. Steve Gaines in Vigo for CLOCK first advisory meeting
UCSB Professor gets to know first hand Galician fisheries and CLOCK project progress
10/10/2017 - Last week we spend some days with Professor Steve Gaines and Peggy Lubchenco, who were visiting us from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prof. Gaines is the dean of the Bren School for Environmental Management at UCSB, and we are honored to have him in the ERC project CLOCK board of advisors. With decades of expertise […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Team, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Team, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab participation in ICES ASC 2017
Diego and Alba attented the conference in Florida to present their ongoing work about climate change adaptation in fisheries
03/10/2017 - Future Oceans Lab has taken part in the ICES Annual Science Conference 2017 held at Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA) last week. This year the congress consisted in 19 theme sessions that comprise oral and poster presentations from researchers from all over the world. PhD students Diego Salguiero and Alba Aguión attented the event to present […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Research, Results
We receive a special visit from UBC
Prof. Rashid Sumaila is in Vigo giving a class in DO*Mar PhD program
29/09/2017 - This week we had the great pleasure to host a discussion session with Professor Rashid Sumaila from the University of British Columbia (Canada). Prof. Sumaila has great expertise in fisheries economics, with many relevant contributions to climate change socio-economic impacts and policies as well as the effects of economic incentives in fisheries around the globe. […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team, Training, Workshop
Cambodia and Vigo to collaborate on marine research
A Cambodian delegation spend some days in vigo for DOCKSIDE project
27/09/2017 - Cambodia is a 15 million people country located in south east Asia in between Thailand and Vietnam. Thanks to the Erasmus+ EU funded project DOCKSIDE, we had the chance to meet researchers from Cambodian Universities and research centers in Vigo last week. DOCKSIDE is a collaborative project together with a French and a Danish university […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Workshop
Alba Aguión awarded the FPU-PhD fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education
FOL PhD student has been awarded with a four year doctoral fellowship to keep her research on spatial management and climate change
26/09/2017 - The government of Spain offers annually around 750 PhD fellowships for professional training of university lecturers for all areas of knowledge. These scholarships are popularly known as FPU or Formación de Profesorado Universitario and they target doctoral students who wish to focus their professional activity on university teaching and research. FOL PhD student Alba Aguión has […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research
We go to Baiona to join a program to support women in fisheries
Pproject CANDIEIRA conducts a workshop to identify ideas for social change
20/09/2017 - Fisherwomen in Galicia (Spain) have been gaining rights and recognition through recent history but there are many challenges and inequities still nowadays. The EU Maritime and Fisheries Fund supports the regional government and local coastal action groups on the project Candieira. This project fosters cooperation and networking in artisanal fisheries for empowering women in fisheries. […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Workshop
YOUMARES 8 Conference for young marine researchers in Kiel, Germany
FOL member Iratxe Rubio gives a talk in the YOUMARES 8 Conference
19/09/2017 - Last week the YOUMARES 8 Conference for young marine researchers took place at Kiel University, in Germany. YOUMARES is an interdisciplinary scientific conference for Bachelor, Master, and PhD students, that gathers a wide range of topics related to the marine environment. The bottom-up organization by young researchers is one of the most characteristic aspects of […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Projects, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Projects, Research, Results
FOL welcomes Xiaozi to the team
Dr. Liu joins ERC-CLOCK project to work on bioeconomic modelling
13/09/2017 - Xiaozi Liu is joining FOL as a postdoctoral fellow during the next two years to work on the ERC-Starting Grant project CLOCK. Her broad experience in fisheries economics under a climate change perspective and game theory applied to fisheries transboundary problems will contribute very positively to reach the objectives of CLOCK. Xiaozi will be responsible […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Projects, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Projects, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Team
Five days in Chile diving in Global Marine Protected Areas
The international marine protected areas congress IMPAC4 ends with important news on conservation
08/09/2017 - e Today is the closure of the International Marine Protected Area Congress in La Serena, Chile. Five days of discussions on marine conservation and management where participants from around the world, including NGOs, managers of protected areas, governments and scientist shared their experience in marine protection. The congress has also been the platform for exciting […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Workshop
FOL back in Copenhagen for a Workshop on Climate Change Impacts and Fisheries Management
EDF workshop on climate change and distributional shifts hosted by ICES
07/09/2017 - Future Oceans Lab joined a collaborative workshop on climate change impacts and fisheries management which was held in Copenhagen on the 30th and 31st of August 2017. This event was organized by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and hosted by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) at its headquarters. EDF is a […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Projects, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Projects, Research, Workshop
Improving R skills at the ICES headquarters in Copenhagen
Iratxe Rubio attends the ICES Training Course in the R Environment
29/08/2017 - The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is an intergovernmental organization that develops science of the marine environment and its resources and provides advice to competent authorities seeking the sustainable use of the oceans. As part of its mission, ICES offers a Training Programme by high-profile scientists and instructors spreading knowledge and […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Training
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research, Training
Getting started in Candieira Project
FOL joins Candieira Project to make the most of its work in Social-Ecological Systems
24/08/2017 - Candieira project arose from the continuous challenges for women in marine and fishing sector in Galician territory. The project aims to build a network for supporting and promoting women in the marine sector in the coastal areas of Galicia. Last month, Candieira was launched in the coastal municipalities of GALP engaging different stakeholders linked to […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research
Presenting Iratxe´s research on adaptation to Climate Change in industrial fisheries
Iratxe Rubio has been recently approved by the Advisory Committee of the Campus do Mar
18/08/2017 - As part of Campus Do Mar doctoral program, students are assigned an Advisory Committee to monitor their progress and provide feedback and suggestions once a year during their doctoral studies. Last July, FOL PhD candidate Iratxe Rubio had her first meeting with the committee, where she presented a general overview of her thesis, focused on […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, PhD, Projects, Research
Euromarine Network grant awarded to Iratxe Rubio for her PhD training
Iratxe will visit the ICES headquarters in August
09/08/2017 - Euromarine is a European marine science network launched in 2014 which represents the merger of the scientific communities of three former European Networks of Excellence (EUR-OCEANS, Marine Genomics Europe and MarBEF). Its primary goals are to support the identification and initial development of important emerging scientific topics or issues and associated methodologies in marine sciences, […]
CATEGORIES: New Fellowships, Projects, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: New Fellowships, Projects, Research, Seminars
Adaptation of small-scale fisheries to climate change, new PhD project in Campus do Mar
Diego´s research proposal has been incorporated to the PhD program
02/08/2017 - Diego Salgueiro Otero, PhD candidate in Future Oceans Lab recently presented his research proposal on the adaptation processes of artisanal fishing in order to be accepted in Campus doMar Doctoral Program. He aims to analyze this activity as one Social-Ecological Systems (SES) with potential resilient capacity (and important Social-Ecological niche) to face climate change. This […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Seminars
Human Exclusion Experiment set up and running!
Alba´s PhD experiment aims to understand the effects of Stalked Barnacle harvesting on the productivity of the stands
01/08/2017 - Stalked Barnacles are crustaceans that inhabit the intertidal levels of exposed rocky shores and that form dense aggregations. During 2016 in Galicia (Spain) Stalked Barnacles reached a mean first sale price of 25 €/kg and a total mean value of 9 and a half million euros (source: www.pescadegalicia.gal); demonstrating a strong market demand for this resource […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Research
Eréndira Aceves Seminar this Tuesday
The visiting researcher from UCSB will give a seminar at 11am in Campus do Mar
31/07/2017 - Our visiting researcher Eréndira Aceves Bueno will give a seminar tomorrow in campus do Mar on her recent PhD work. Ere has recently defended her PhD research in marine spatial management of benthic resources, with applications in Chilean TURFs. She wil be presenting her work tomorrow August 1st in Edificio Miralles, University of Vigo at […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Seminars
Elena Fontán’s Master Thesis: a new resilience index
Elena succesfully presented her Master Thesis with honours
28/07/2017 - Last Friday, Elena Fontán Alende, member of Future Oceans Lab defend her Master Thesis about European industrial fisheries and resilience, entitled: “Climate Change Adaptation in industrial fishing: social-ecological analysis of impacts and adaptation”. She is enrolled in the intercollegiate Oceanography master at the University of Vigo, where she is spetializing in Ocean & Climate. The […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Projects, Research, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, MSc Thesis, Projects, Research, Results, Team
Introducing Alba´s research in Climate Change and spatial management
The proposal of FOL PhD Alba Aguión has been approved by the Advisory Committee of the University of Vigo
25/07/2017 - As part of the Campus Do Mar doctoral programme, students are assigned an Advisory Committee to monitor their progress and provide feedback and suggestions. FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión had her first meeting with the committee on June 30th. As a first year student, Alba presented a general overview of her thesis, focused on the implications […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Percebes, PhD, Projects, Results
In Copenhagen for a Vulnerability workshop
FOL goes to ICES to participate on a climate change vulnerability meeting
19/07/2017 - Vulnerability assessments in fisheries allow for the prioritization of policy action towards climate change in fisheries, and is receiving increasing attention from scientists and policy makers. Vulnerability to climate change includes fish species exposure and sensitivity to climate change impacts, together with social sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Global studies are looking at large marine areas […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Results
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Results
Eréndira Aceves-Bueno spends four weeks visiting us
FOL team has the chance to learn about TURF design and bio-economic modeling with Ere
19/07/2017 - Erendira Aceves-Bueno holds a PhD from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management (University of California, Santa Barbara). During her PhD dissertation, she developed spatial bio-economic models to analyze the role of spillover and fishermen cooperation in the design of Territorial Use of Rights in Fisheries (TURFs). Eréndira is very interested in Galician fisheries and […]
CATEGORIES: Projects, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Projects, Seminars, Team
Climate Change in an Era of Uncertainty
FOLab goes to BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School
13/07/2017 - The Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has organized this year the 8th edition of the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on climate change: “Climate Change in an Era of Uncertainty”. This-three day course was held in Donostia-San Sebastian from the 5th to the 7th of July. […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team
FOL at the ICES working Group on Resilience and Marine ecosystem services
The Working Group celebrates its third annual meeting in Vigo this week
12/07/2017 - The ICES Working Group on Resilience and Marine Ecosystem Services (WGRMES) is now celebrating its third annual meeting in Vigo at the Marine Institute (IIM, CSIC). Researchers and practitioners working around marine ecosystem services from different European countries meet during two days to discuss over some of the most important questions around resilience and marine […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects, Research
Xiaozi Liu will join FOLab for the fisheries bioeconomic postdoc position in CLOCK
The researcher has a strong background on international fisheries management under climate change
11/07/2017 - After a competitive selection process for the postdoctoral position on bioeconomic modelling, Xiaozi Liu has succeded and will be joining the CLOCK project at FOL from September 2017. Xiaozi has been working on fisheries economics since 2008, and in her research, she tackled the management challenges arising from stock distributional shifts due to changes in climate […]
CATEGORIES: Projects, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Projects, Research, Team
FOLab gives a talk at the Fishing Accelerator
this week we meet the people behind the start up project in Vigo
05/07/2017 - The lab is establishing its first connections with the fishing sector, as we are really interested in knowing what are the initiatives going on in the fisheries industry, as well as getting to know their main concerns relative to fishing and climate change. Some fishing companies and producer organizations are involved in a new project […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Projects, Research, Results, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Projects, Research, Results, Seminars
Science and Storytelling: Alba´s participation in Science Stars in Kazaksthan
FOL PhD student Alba Aguión explained her master research in an event organized in Nazarbayev University
04/07/2017 - There is an Indian proverb that says “Tell a good story… and the whole world will listen”. The night of June 27th Science Stars proved that to be right, at least when it comes to talking about science. The event consisted in 9 young researchers from different fields explaining scientific concepts in an entertaining way to the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Outreach
Future Oceans Lab learning about complex systems in Stockholm
Diego Salgueiro is just back from a 2-week stay at the Stockholm Resilience Centre
28/06/2017 - The Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), established in 2007, holds a vision of a world where Social-Ecological Systems are understood, governed and managed, to enhance human well-being and the capacity to deal with complexity and change, for the sustainable co-evolution of human civilizations and the biosphere, with special emphasis on resilience. Last month, thanks to the […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Seminars
FOL participates in a workshop about co-management in small scale fisheries in Baiona (Spain)
Future Oceans Lab attended to the workshop organized by WWF and Oceano Azul last thursday
26/06/2017 - When it comes to harvesting Stalked Barnacles, La Anunciada de Baiona is one of the main fisher guilds in Galicia, counting with 50 on foot fishers and more than 30 boats dedicated to the resource. As in the other galician fisher guilds, barnacle harvesting is carried out as a co-management system between fishers and fishing […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Projects, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Percebes, Projects, Research, Team
Launching the ECOMAR network in Vigo
Scientist from Latin America, Spain and Portugal meet in Vigo for two days
22/06/2017 - ECOMAR is a new network of researchers funded by CYTED that puts together people from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal to work on the role of marine protected areas in ecosystem services. The first annual meeting of this 4-year project is now taking place in Universidade de Vigo and hosted by Sebastian […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects
FOL going to ICES Annual Science Conference 2017
Alba and Diego will go to Florida this September to present their work
20/06/2017 - The International Council for the Exploration of the SEA (ICES) will hold its Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Florida. ICES event will take place from 18-21 September in the Broward County Convention Center where all the conference-goers, including scientist, policy makers, organization representatives, and students deal with the latest in marine science and research. The […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Results, Team
New book on the economics and management of sustainable oceans
Edward Elgar just released the new Handbook where FOL participates
14/06/2017 - The Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans is a new book edited by Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Lisa E. Svensson and Anil Markandya and has just been released last week. The book covers oceans sustainability from the manager perspective, by looking into more detail ho we should measure ecosystem services benefits, how to […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Outreach, Research, Results
FOL learns about modelling the ocean
PhD student Alba Aguión will take an ocean observation and modelling course next week in Campus Do*MAR
09/06/2017 - Climate Change has the potential to alter the current connectivity patterns of marine stocks. In the case of sessile resources, by changing their larval dispersal. In the near future this could be the case of Stalked Barnacles, a coastal resource whose managament is studying the FOL member Alba Aguión in her thesis. Since larval connectivity is largely dependent on oceanographic […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Percebes, Projects, Research, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Percebes, Projects, Research, Seminars, Team
Euromarine Network grant awarded to Diego Salgueiro for his PhD training
Diego will visit the Stockholm Resilience Center in June
05/06/2017 - Euromarine is a European marine science network launched in 2014 which represents the merger of the scientific communities of three former European Networks of Excellence (EUR-OCEANS, Marine Genomics Europe and MarBEF). Its primary goals are to support the identification and initial development of important emerging scientific topics or issues and associated methodologies in marine sciences, […]
CATEGORIES: New Fellowships, Projects, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: New Fellowships, Projects, Research, Seminars
KLIMAGUNE Workshop 2017 on climate change and public engagement
Irtaxe attends the KLIMAGUNE Workshop in Bilbao
02/06/2017 - The Klimagune Workshop 2017, held on May 31st in Bilbao, was organized by the Basque Centre of Climate Change (BC3) as part of its initiatives of sharing and spreading knowledge on climate change. This seventh edition of Klimagune was a meeting forum that gathered different profiles related to climate change, including scientists, managers at different […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team
Seminar at ECIMAT to talk about shifting stocks
Eena Ojea presented in the "Café con Sal" program
29/05/2017 - Last Thursday June 1st at 11am, Elena Ojea has been presenting the research project CLOCK at ECIMAT. As part of the series of seminars “Café con Sal“. Elena took the chance to give an introduction to her on going work on climate change and spatial management. As climate change is impacting the Oceans, resource management needs to adapt […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Research
Collaboration in Famelab Spain 2017
As the last year winner, Alba Aguión will be collaborating in the event held in Madrid this week
23/05/2017 - Famelab is a science communication competition that aims to train and introduce new talents working in science in the world of communication using an innovative format: short scientific talks. As the last year winner, FOL PhD student Alba Aguión will be collaborating in the new edition of Famelab Spain held on May 24th in Madrid. During the event, 8 finalists from […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Outreach
Visiting the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
CLOCK project coordination meeting and working with Iratxe at BC3
22/05/2017 - Last week part of future oceans team had a series of meetings in Bilbao at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). Elena´s former institution and Iratxe’s current research headquarter is a Basque Excellence Research Centre (BERC) that has been doing international research on climate change adaptation and mitigation from 2009. The center hosts more […]
CATEGORIES: Projects, Team
CATEGORIES: Projects, Team
Diego’s Master thesis available in the Ocean Health Index
Diego's work assessed artisanal fishing opportunities in Ría de Vigo
18/05/2017 - Some months ago, Diego Salgueiro Otero, PhD student and member of Future Oceans Lab team has published his Master Thesis: Ocean Health Index+: Independent Assessment on Artisanal fishing opportunities in Ría de Vigo (Galicia, Spain). The Ocean Health Index is an international project created in University of California Santa Barbara that assesses how healthy the ocean is at global and […]
CATEGORIES: Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Research, Team
Global Fishing Watch Research Workshop
We go to Madrid to explore GFW research potential in the EU
15/05/2017 - Global Fishing Watch is a new initiative to put together real time satellite data from global vessels navigating the oceans. As part of their research program, a series of workshops have been held in London, Rome and Spain this week with invited researchers and policy makers. Future Oceans Lab participated last Tuesday in Madrid in […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
Alba goes to Kazakhstan to talk about science
FOL will participate in the Science Stars event this June to popularise the study of science in the country
08/05/2017 - PhD student Alba Aguión, member of Future Oceans Lab has been invited to participate in the event Science Stars in Kazakhstan, a project that aims to popularise the study of science explaining scientific concepts in an entertaining way for the general public. Science Stars will take place at Nazarbayev University in Astana on June 27th, as part of the […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach
CATEGORIES: Outreach
Elena Fontán joins Future Oceans Lab
Elena will continue her research on international fisheries and climate change
27/04/2017 - MSc student Elena Fontán will take part of FOL team as a research assistant in order to contribute to academic research on climate change impacts on international fisheries and adaptation. Elena has an excellent trajectory with experience working with fisheries associations in a cooperative of industrial fisheries (ARVI), and research experience abroad at the EAWAG […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Fontán, Projects, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Fontán, Projects, Team
Last Future Oceans Around before the summer
Students apply the Ocean Health Index to Ría de Vigo
19/04/2017 - For the last session of FOA, we go back to IES Val Miñor to share science with 2º Bach students and to close FOA series of seminars before the summer holidays. To end in the best way possible, we decided to apply the Ocean Health Index to Ría de Vigo in an independent assessment. For […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach
CATEGORIES: Outreach
In Brussels for the 10th Anniversary of the European Research Council
Elena goes to Brussels to an ERC climate change workshop to present CLOCK
04/04/2017 - The European Research Council (ERC) has promoted cutting edge science in Europe for already 10 years. As one of the events of the 10th anniversary, the ERC organized an expert workshop on climate change research, including projects lead by starting, consolidating and advanced grantees. The Workshop on Climate Change took place in March 31st, and […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects
FOLab attends the World Maritime Week
The Eurofishing Congress was held during the World Maritime Week in the Basque Country
01/04/2017 - Iratxe Rubio attended last week the International Eurofishing Congress in Bilbao, which dealt with the most relevant topics for tuna fisheries around the world, including a thematic session on tuna Tuna Freezing Vessels. The Congress was held from 27th to 31st March 2017, in Bilbao Exhibition Centre, and was hosted within the World Maritime Week, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Team
WWF workshop for MPA management
FOL attends a stakeholder workshop for improving fisheries management in a MPA
25/03/2017 - The Illas Atlánticas National Park was established in Galicia in 2002. Since then, managers have been developing a regulatory regime for fisheries that hasn’t been agreed yet. WWF has been working for some time in the area, with the aim of achieving sustainable fishing and consensus between the parties, putting together different stakeholders that are […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Projects, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Projects, Seminars
Future Oceans Around: Crossing the equator
Students in Val Miñor high school simulate a Decision-Making Process to design a Marine Reserve
15/03/2017 - Once again we go to Val Miñor high school for a Future Oceans Around session. As we pass through the equator of the programme, it’s time for action so we propose our students to design local Marine Reserves of Fishing Interest (MRFIs). With the future of our oceans in our hands, we should cooperate to […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach
CATEGORIES: Outreach
Launching the new project PERCEBES
We go to Sines (Portugal) for the PERCEBES project kick-off meeting
12/03/2017 - Alba and Elena travelled to Sines, south Portugal, for the first meeting of the Biodiversa Project PERCEBES. A group of experts from Portugal, France and Spain met together at the CIEMAR lab to coordinate the ongoing research on the goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) fishery, in this new project lead by Jose Luis Acuña from the […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Percebes, Projects, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Percebes, Projects, Team
Future Oceans Lab joins ECIMAT
The Singular Research Centre-ECIMAT hosts FOL research team
07/03/2017 - Future Oceans Lab was born with the objective of searching adaptation solutions for different marine systems to the impacts expected from Climate Change. For this reason, we are delighted to be part of the Galician Singular Research Centre-ECIMAT. This union not only allows us to be integrated in a network of excellent research teams from […]
CATEGORIES: Projects, Team
CATEGORIES: Projects, Team
Predoutoral Uvigo Fellowship awarded to Alba Aguión
Member of Future Oceans Lab who studies spatial variability of stalked barnacle
01/03/2017 - PhD student Alba Aguión, part of Future Oceans Lab Team, was awarded a PhD grant (bolsa predoutoral) by the University de Vigo to develop her research on the spatial variability of stalked barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) along Galician coast in the context of climate change. The thesis is being directed by Dr. Elena Ojea and Dr. […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, New Fellowships, Projects
CATEGORIES: Clock, New Fellowships, Projects
PhD student Iratxe Rubio visits us
A member of FOL based in the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) visits us for two weeks
23/02/2017 - This February, Iratxe Rubio visited us to participate in a series of activities to share research projects and technical skills in the lab. She presented her PhD project, together with Diego and Alba, as well as Elena that presented her Master Thesis project. Iratxe’s work is on assessing climate change impacts and adaptation on international […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Projects, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Projects, Team
Future Oceans Around: Ecosystem Services in Val Miñor
We are back at IES Val Miñor to work with the value of Ecosystem Services
15/02/2017 - On February we have visited the creative minds of IES Val Miñor again, as part of our on going Future Oceans Around Programme. We shared another fantastic session with last year students, struggling our minds on the strategies and management of Ecosystem Services and its implications for citizens. At this time, the Ecosystem Services session […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach
CATEGORIES: Outreach
Visit to Cambados Fisher Guild
FOL travelled to the oldest fisher guild in Spain to learn about small-scale fisheries management
14/02/2017 - As a step in the process of identifying novel research questions related to marine management, Future Oceans Lab (FOL) visited Cambados Fisher Guild last February. This cofradía is located in the Ría de Arousa, one of the main shellfish beds in Galicia (Spain) and it has just become a century-old institution. We had the chance […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Projects, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Projects, Team
Future Oceans Around: science on high school
We celebrated the first session of our dissemination programme at IES Val Miñor debating about the Planetary Boundaries Framework
18/01/2017 - Last January we were at IES Val Miñor starting our Future Oceans Around Programme. The Future Oceans Lab has as one of their missions to conduct the best science and to share the scientific approach to the broader society. Full of ideas and energy, we decided to spread scientific concepts and experiences related to our […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach
CATEGORIES: Outreach