Clock archive
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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