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ALBA AGUIÓN
PhD Student
aaguion@uvigo.es
Alba Aguión is a PhD student in Marine Science, Technology and Management in the University of Vigo with particular interest in the role of spatial planning in adapting to Climate Change. For her PhD she will be looking at climate change implications for benthic resources under spatial management, with a case study on the stalked barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) fishery in Galicia. Prior to enrolling her doctoral studies, Alba completed a MSc in Ecology & Environmental Management at the University of York and a Honours BSc in Marine Biology & Zoology at University of Santiago de Compostela. During her academic career Alba has been involved in different projects such as an oceanographic survey in NAFO and an ecological study of the microbes living in the Arctic. Due to her strong passion for science communication Alba worked for a year as an Outreach Officer sharing her science among schools in several countries. She is also the 2016 winner of Famelab Spain. After finishing her PhD Thesis at the Future Oceans Lab, Alba joined the University of Duke (USA) and FAO as a postdoc to work on the project Illuminating Hidden Harvest.
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 […]
PERCEBES: Reproductive and connectivity dynamics of barnacles in Iberia
S. Román and M. Parrondo have led two publications that explore important biological aspects of the stalked barnacle, co-authored by FOL member Alba Aguión
01/04/2022 – The stalked barnacle is one of the most important small-scale resources in the rocky shores of Spain and Portugal. However, many biological processes remain unknown – as well as the linkages of these processes with environmental variables. Under the umbrella of the PERCEBES project, the researchers Salvador Román (Universidade de Vigo) and Marina Parrondo (Universidad […]
FOL participates in the International Conference for Young Marine Researchers 2021
Phd students of Future Oceans Lab take part of ICYMARE 2021
29/09/2021 – Xochitl, Diego and Alba attended this year’s ICYMARE as session hosts and presenters. The International Conference for yound marine researchers, organized by the Bremen Society for Natural Science took place from the 21st to the 24th of September. Xochitl, together with the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl, were host of session 13 (Tropical marine ecosystems in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Science on stage in Coruña
Alba participated in a popular outreach event where students and teachers share their scientific experiments with the general public
13/05/2021 – Every year at the beginning of May hundreds of students and teachers gather in the city of Coruña (NW Spain) to share scientific experiments with the general public. The festival is called “Día de la ciencia en la Calle” (Street science day) and for the last 24 years it has been hosted in one of […]
Protection of the Antarctic Peninsula before it is too late
As part of the project Homeward Bound, Alba Aguión is contributing to the protection of the Antarctic waters
11/02/2021 – Homeward Bound is a project that aims to promote sustainability and the leadership role of women in science. The project aims to create a network of 1,000 women scientists in 10 years who will work together to have a positive influence in the decision making for our planet. It started in 2016 and so far, […]
A year of lonely remote working with a warm team
More than ever, this year we faced big ups and downs at home and with our work
24/12/2020 – This is a difficult year to balance and we are happy we made it through. We are really looking forward to experience nature, friends and in person relationships in 2021, experiences we missed so much this year. As for everybody, 2020 has been a challenging year to keep up with research, but we were still […]
FOL publishes a new study on Vulnerability assessment of Galician stalked barnacle fishery to climate change impact
RAQUEL RUIZ-DÍAZ LEADS A NEW PUBLICATION WITHIN THE CLOCK PROJECT WITH THE COLLABORATION OF FOL MEMBERS ELENA OJEA AND ALBA AGUIÓN
18/09/2020 – Small-scale fisheries (SSFs), which provide an important source of livelihood for many coastal communities, are at risk from climate change. Benthic organisms are likely to be particularly affected by the impacts of climate change due to their low spatial mobility, which limits their capacity for adaptation. Therefore, SSFs that target sedentary resources (“S-fisheries”) will potentially […]
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Alba Aguion and Elena Ojea are conducting outreach events to increase the visibility of women in science
14/02/2020 – February 11th is the day chosen by the United Nations to recognize the critical role that women and girls play in science and technology. During this week, Elena and Alba have lead outreach events across Galicia (NW Spain) to share their research with the general public. Alba visited different secondary schools in Coruña, Santiago and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Promoting sustainability and the leadership role of women in science
FOL PhD Alba Aguión is one of the 75 women scientists selected to participate in the program Homeward Bound
04/10/2019 – Homeward Bound is a ground-breaking initiative focused on providing women with the tools they need to effectively network, lead and engage their communities in the fight against climate change. The project aims to create a network of 1,000 women scientists in 10 years who will work together to have a positive influence in the decision […]
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 […]
Scientific outreach: Ant insights to promote a more sustainable organization of fishers
FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión will deliver a dissemination activity at the MUNCYT science museum (A Coruna, Spain) on tuesday
08/07/2019 – All species of ants – about 14,000 – live in colonies. They form complex socities of thousands of individuals where survival depends on their ability to organize. FOL PhD student Alba Aguión has worked with ant colonies during her master at the Elva Robinson´s lab (University of York, UK). Now, focused on the study of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Teaching a Marine Sciences Course at the University of Vigo
PhD candidate Alba Aguión will be teaching in the lab sessions of a Marine Zoology course
01/03/2018 – In the following weeks FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión will be joining the team teaching the Marine Zoology class 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 will assist Francisco Ramil and the postdoc […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
Future Oceans Lab participation in ICES ASC 2017
Diego and Alba attented the conference in Florida to present their ongoing work about climate change adaptation in fisheries
03/10/2017 – Future Oceans Lab has taken part in the ICES Annual Science Conference 2017 held at Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA) last week. This year the congress consisted in 19 theme sessions that comprise oral and poster presentations from researchers from all over the world. PhD students Diego Salguiero and Alba Aguión attented the event to present […]
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 […]
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 […]
Science and Storytelling: Alba´s participation in Science Stars in Kazaksthan
FOL PhD student Alba Aguión explained her master research in an event organized in Nazarbayev University
04/07/2017 – There is an Indian proverb that says “Tell a good story… and the whole world will listen”. The night of June 27th Science Stars proved that to be right, at least when it comes to talking about science. The event consisted in 9 young researchers from different fields explaining scientific concepts in an entertaining way to the […]
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 […]
Collaboration in Famelab Spain 2017
As the last year winner, Alba Aguión will be collaborating in the event held in Madrid this week
23/05/2017 – Famelab is a science communication competition that aims to train and introduce new talents working in science in the world of communication using an innovative format: short scientific talks. As the last year winner, FOL PhD student Alba Aguión will be collaborating in the new edition of Famelab Spain held on May 24th in Madrid. During the event, 8 finalists from […]