ConferenceS AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATIoN
Invited Talks
o 2020: GENIALG Final Conference (online and open to public); Ecosystem impacts of seaweed cultivation. 30th November 2020
o 2020: Biogenic Condition Indicators Methods Guide Workshop. Invited by JNCC.
o 2019: Offshore seaweed aquaculture: A winwin for the economy and the environment? Some preliminary findings from the GENIALG Project. Assessing socioenvironmental benefits of seaweed aquaculture Workshop National University of Ireland Galway, 21st November 2019
o 2019: Environmental Footprint of Seaweed Cultivation GENIALG WP6: Task 6.1. GENIALG 2nd Annual Progress Meeting, York 18th – 20th June 2019
o 2019: The biodiversity of bivalve shellfish habitats: ‘maintenance’ and ‘restoration’ targets. 2nd NORA Conference 21st – 23rd May 2019 Edinburgh, UK
o 2018: Determining and quantifying the ecological footprint and environmental benefits from seaweed cultivation: a methodological approach to ensure best practice. Algal Research for Policy Making and Biotech Symposium. SAMS, Oban, UK.
o 2018: Measuring and monitor the footprint of seaweed (Saccharina latissima) cultivation on local ecosystems. GENIALG Annual Meeting, University of Aveiro , Portugal.
o 2018: Identifying change and impact in marine subtidal ecosystems: a methodological review with examples. Fieldwork Based Researchers Meeting, NUIG.
o 2015 DEEP Project: Shifting the baseline for Marine Protected Areas: From protecting what is there now to restoring what could be. The Ecological History of the Dornoch Firth. Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
o 2015 Modiolus modiolus reef indicators of Good Environmental Status under the MSFD: High Diversity, ‘climax’ communities and management baselines. 4th M. modiolus Researchers Meeting, Portaferry, UK.
o 2015 MSFD GES Indicator monitoring approaches. 4th M. modiolus Researchers Meeting, Portaferry, UK.
2014 Native oyster and horse mussel biogenic reefs; current status, biologically and legally. SAGB Conference Shellfish Restoration and Aquaculture ‐ Co‐location with marine renewables developments MAST Workshop, Fishmongers’ Hall, London:
2014 Biotic communities associated with Modiolus modiolus reefs in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Inter-agency workshop on Annex I Modiolus biogenic reefs, NRW, Bangor, Wales, UK.
o 2014 Modiolus reef density and community indicators of Good Ecological Status. Summary of recent work undertaken by Heriot-Watt University for the JNCC. What are the best indicators and how should they be measured? Inter-agency workshop on Annex I Modiolus biogenic reefs, NRW, Bangor, Wales, UK:
o 2013 Developing biodiversity indicators for biogenic reefs in the UK under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. IFCA Technical Advisory Group Second Annual Conference, Scarborough, UK.
Conference Presentations
o Fariñas-Franco, Jose M., Edwards, Maeve, Tey García, Manuel, Coca Tagarro, Ines, White, Martin, Nash, Stephen, Fort, Antoine, Johnson, Mark P., Sulpice, Ronan. (2019) Ecological footprint and ecosystem services from seaweed cultivation: a methodological approach to ensure best practice. 54th European Marine Biology Symposium, Dublin, Ireland.
o Jose M. Fariñas-Franco, James M. Mair, Dan B. Harries, Joanne S. Porter, William G. Sanderson (2017) Missing native oyster (Ostrea edulis) beds in a European Marine Protected Area: should there be widespread restorative management? 11th CARAH International Conference on Artificial Reefs and Related Aquatic Habitats. University of Malaysia Terengannu, Kuala Terengannu, Malaysia.
o Jose M. Fariñas-Franco, James M. Mair, Dan B. Harries, Joanne S. Porter, William G. Sanderson (2015) 'Sliding baselines' in marine protected areas: the native oyster as a case study’. Aquatic biodiversity and ecosystems: Evolution, interactions and global change. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco, W.G. Sanderson (2013) Developing indicators for biogenic reefs in the UK under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Modiolus modiolus reefs as a case study. 48th European Marine Biology Symposium, National University of Ireland, Galway
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco and D. Roberts (2013) Community Trends in Impacted Biogenic Structures in a Marine Conservation Area. 3rd Modiolus modiolus Researchers Meeting. Port Erin, Isle of Man
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco, W.G. Sanderson & D. Roberts (2013) Phenotypes limit restoration involving translocation: a case study of shape ecophenotypes in allopatric and sympatric populations of Modiolus modiolus (Mollusca: Bivalvia). 3rd Modiolus modiolus Researchers Meeting. Port Erin, Isle of Man
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco, R. Grieve, J. Mair, J. Porter, D. Harries & W.G. Sanderson (2013) The development of MSFD Biodiversity indicators for M. modiolus. 3rd Modiolus modiolus Researchers Meeting. Port Erin, Isle of Man
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco, D. Smyth, L. Allcock and D. Roberts (2012) Results from a 1 year monitoring survey of an artificial reef deployed for the regeneration of M. modiolus habitats in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. 2nd Modiolus modiolus Researchers Meeting. Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco, D. Roberts, D. Smyth, A.M. Mahon, E. Gorman, and L. Kregting (2011) Temporal changes in biotic communities on artificial reefs deployed for the regeneration of Modiolus modiolus biogenic reefs in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. 14th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Stirling, UK
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco, D. Roberts, D. Smyth, A.M. Mahon, E. Gorman, E. Strain and C. D. Wilson (2011) Restoration of degraded biogenic reefs: a pilot study using artificial reefs to kick start the regeneration of Modiolus modiolus biotopes in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. 9th International Temperate Reefs Symposium, Plymouth, UK
o Fariñas Franco & Roberts, D. (2010). Restoration of biogenic reefs of Modiolus modiolus: The potential for enhancing recruitment using hatchery produced seed 13th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A
o Fariñas Franco, J.M. (2010) Reproductive ecology, recruitment patterns and aquaculture of the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus (L.). 7th Annual Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
o Fariñas Franco, J.M. (2009) Aquaculture of Modiolus modiolus. 1st Modiolus modiolus Researchers’ Conference. Exploris Aquarium, Portaferry, UK
Poster Presentations
o 2014: 3rd International Marine Conservation Conference. Glasgow:
o Pearce, Fariñas-Franco, Somerfield, Porter, Mair, Hall-Spencer, Sanderson. The biodiversity value of biogenic reef development and over-development: When should we conserve a ‘reef’
o Fariñas-Franco, J., Harries, D., Mair, J.M., Moore, C., Porter, J.S., & W.G. Sanderson High diversity in a functionally important Priority Marine Habitat: ‘climax’ communities and management baselines
o 2013: 48th European Marine Biology Symposium, National University of Ireland, Galway:
o B. Pearce, A. De-Burgh Thomas, W. Wilsher, J.M. Fariñas-Franco, J. Pitts. (2013) High resolution, time-series acoustic surveys identify ecological benefits of windfarm developments
o J.M. Fariñas-Franco and D. Roberts (2013) Variability in gametogenesis and recruitment in sympatric populations of the horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) following anthropogenic impact
o 2010: 13th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Charleston, USA:
o Fariñas Franco, J.M. , Gorman, E. , Mahon, A.M., Roberts, D. , Smyth, D. and Strain, B. Experimental restoration of biogenic reefs of the horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus
o 2009: Molluscan Forum. The Malacogical Society of London, London:
§ Fariñas Franco, J.M. Reproductive Ecology and Aquaculture of the Horse Mussel Modiolus modiolus
o 2008: 11th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Charleston, USA:
§ Strong, J. A., A. Mahon, D. Smyth, J. Fariñas-Franco Ecology, decline and restoration of Modiolus modiolus (L.) biogenic reefs.