Author Archives: administrador
PERCEBES: science for a healthy and productive rocky shore
First PERCEBES experimental site in Asturias up and running!!
Convocatoria de un contrato laboral para trabajar en el proyecto PERCEBES
El proyecto PERCEBES (Herramientas para la transición hacia la gestión espacial de los recursos costeros: la pesquería del percebe en el suroeste de Europa; PCIN-2016-028) busca un Graduado en Biología o Ciencias del Mar para un contrato para labores técnicas de apoyo entre el 1 de Julio de 2017 y el 30 de Junio de… Read More »
Building cages flat out!
People at “Metalistería El Vasco” are working frantically to meet the deadline with the cages. Folding, cutting, welding, drilling, sparks, shouts… Within 3 weeks we are supossed to be fixing those cages to the rocks at the intertidal in Brittany, Asturias, Galicia and Alentejo. Once finished, the cages will go through a galvanization bath, and then… Read More »
First try of a prototype cage
Yesterday we tried or first prototype of the experimental cages for the Human Exclusion Experiment in Asturias. It was difficult, not only because it was the first time, but also because it was very very difficult to find the right spot, with a flat surface and at least 30% of stalked barnacles cover. Finally we… Read More »
PERCEBES at the kickoff BIODIVERSA meeting-Brussels, 4-5 April
As coordinator of PERCEBES, José Luis Acuña has participated in the kickoff meeting of the BIODIVERSA ERANET. It was an opportunity to witness the fascinating diversity of projects which were finally financed in this 2015-2016 call. These address some of the most relevant ecological issues in our continent: climate change in the arctic, connectivity among populations (e.g. bears),… Read More »
First PERCEBES meeting at Sines, Portugal, 10-11 March
Representatives from all six universities gathered at the Center for Marine Sciences in Sines, Portugal. This was a very important meeting, because we had to agree on the methods for the upcoming experiment, which we will be conducting simultaneously in Alentejo (Portugal), Galicia and Asturias (Spain) and Britany (France). We also had to decide a… Read More »
PERCEBES, un proyecto científico para la gestión espacial del percebe en el Arco Atlántico europeo
La gestión espacial del mar es central para las políticas ambientales de la Unión Europea. Tanto la Estrategia Marina como la Directiva Habitats dependen fuertemente de la asignación espacial de actividades en el mar. A pesar del énfasis de esas políticas en la pesca sostenible, se han favorecido a la regulación por esfuerzo sobre la… Read More »