fisheries archive

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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