Collaborations archive
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
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
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
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
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
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
30/08/2019 - 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: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Collaborations, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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