Percebes archive
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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