Future Oceans Lab archive
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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