26. ESTABLISHING A NEW DEEP-SEA OBSERVATION STATION WITH SMART ROBOTICS FOR HABITAT RESTORATION MONITORING AND FISHERIES ASSESSMENT (SMART-ME)
Reference: PID2024-1553440B-C31
Funding: Ministry of Environment, Spanish Government. 235,000 (Total: 666,250 €)
PI (Coordinated project): N. Bahamon, J. B. Company.
Project Duration: Sep 2025 – Aug 2029
Goal: Implement a permanent observing system at 360 m depth for smart monitoring ecosystem and fisheries restoration in a marine reserve.
25. UNDERWATER OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK ARCHITECTURE EMPOWERED BY ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS FOR SEA BORDER PROTECTION AND DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION (AVALON)
Funding: European Defence Fund; 102,877 € (Total: 3,994,552.51 €)
Project duration: 2024-2027
PI: I. Masmitja (ICM-CSIC)
Goal: Envision the design of underwater optical wireless communications (UOWC) to increase data rates in underwater applications from kbps to Gbps range.
24. SUSTAINABLE NATURE AND INCLUSIVE OFFSHORE ENERGY WITH THE PARALLEL BIODIVERSITY FLOURISHING, PROTECTION AND MONITORING (SUN-BIO)
Funding: European Union (Sun-Bio-101157493-GAP-101157493); 2,249,525 €
Project duration: 2024-2027
PI: J. Aguzzi (ICM-CSIC, Coordinator)
Goal: Marine wind farms and biodiversity assessment.
23. DIGITAL TWIN-SUSTAINED 4D ECOLOGICAL MONITORING OF RESTORATION IN FISHERY DEPLETED AREAS (DIGI4ECO)
Funding: European Union (DIGI4ECO-101112883-GAP-101112883); 9,489,597.50 €
PI: J. Aguzzi (ICM-CSIC; Coordination)
Project duration: 2024-2028
Goal: Implementation of cooperative platforms for 4D representation and management of highly impacted fishing areas.
22. RESTORATION OF DEEP-SEA HABITATS TO REBUILT EUROPEAN SEAS (REDRESS)
Funding: European Union (101135492-GAP-101135492); 404000 € (for CSIC)
PI: J. Aguzzi (ICM-CSIC)
Project duration: 2024-2028
Goal: Cutting-edge oceanographic instrumentation and AI for monitoring deep-sea restoration
21. STOCK ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS OF THE BLUE AND RED SHRIMP Aristeus antennatus ON FISHING GROUNDS OFF PALAMÓS (NW MEDITERRANEAN). TOWARDS THE MSC FISHERIES STANDARD.
Funding: Ocean Stewardship Fund – MAVA Grant. Marine Stewarship Coucil (MSC). 25200 €.
PI: N. Bahamon, J.B. Company (ICM-CSIC). Participation as IP.
Project Duration: April 2022 – Jul 2023
Goal: Identify aspects of the fishery still to improve to become the first demersal fishery holding a certification of sustainability (MSC Standards) in the area.
20. PLATFORM FOR LONG-LASTING OBSERVATION OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS (PLOME)
Reference: PLEC2021-007525/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
Funding: Ministry of Environment, Spanish Government. 1’275000 Eu.
PI (Coordinated project): J. Aguzzi, J. del Rio, M. Carreras. Participation as research team member.
Project Duration: Nov 2021 – Sep 2023
Goal: Novel systems for observation, modelling and management of marine ecosystems.
19. ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF HUMAN-IMPACTED BENTHIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH ACTIVE STRATEGIES AND PARTICIPATORY APPROACH (ECOREST, EU LIFE Programme)
Reference: LIFE20 NAT/ES/001270
Funding: EU LIFE Program. 3’638829 Eu.
PI: J.B. Company (ICM-CSIC). Participation as research team member.
Project Duration: Sep 2021 – Aug 2026
Goal: Coastal and deep-sea habitat restauration techniques in marine reserve network.
18. A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR AND RECOVERY FISHERY-IMPACTED SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS BY IMPLEMENTING A NETWORK OF MARINE RESERVES (BITER).
Reference: PID2020-114732RB-C31
Funding: Ministry of Environment, Spanish Government. 664290 Eu.
PI (Coordinated Project): J.B. Company, J. Navarro (ICM-CSIC); M. Carreras(U of Girona); J. del Rio (UPC) J. Aguzzi (ICM-CSIC). Participation as research team member and thesis codirector.
Project Duration: Oct 2021 – Sep 2025
Goal: Implementation of a non-invasive near-real time deep-sea monitoring platform of species and habitats in a marine reserve network.
17. STUDY ON IMPROVING THE SELECTIVITY OF TRAWL GEARS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO ADVANCE THE SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION PATTERN OF TRAWL FISHERIES (IMPLEMED).
Reference: EASME/EMFF/2019/1.3.2.6/01/SI2.818717-SC04. Specific Contract No. 04. Framework Contract No EASME/EMFF/2016/032.
Funding: European Commission. 23000 Eu.
PI: M. Sbrana, CIBM (Italy). Coordinator Task 1: J.B. Company. Participation as research team member.
Project Duration: Dec 2020 – Dec 2021
Goal: Review of effectiveness of bottom trawl net configurations on selectivity of commercial species. Perform selectivity experiments in a number of fisheries grounds.
16. SEA-UNICORN COST ACTION.
Reference: CA191107
Funding: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU-COST).
Chair: Audrey Darnaude. Participation as a member of the Working Group 2 on Incorporating Marine Functional Connectivity knowledge into forecasting.
Project Duration: Open Action since 2021 to 2024.
Goal: The project brings together an inter-disciplinary community of scientists, marine stakeholders and policy-makers, from more than 100 organizations spread around the world, to advance knowledge and unify concepts and approaches in the emerging field of Marine Functional Connectivity (MFC).
15. SCENARIOS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT MESURES REPORTED IN ARTICLE 11.3 OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN MULTIANNUAL PLAN AND PRESIDENCY STATEMENT OF DECEMBER 2021 (4550SELS).
Funding: Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (Spanish Government). 480000 Eu.
PI: J.B. Company. Participation as a research team member.
Project Duration: Jul 2021 – Nov 2021
Goal: To test experimental bottom trawl gears to improve size selectivity of main commercial fish species and the reduction of discards.
14. ESTUDI DE LES CONSEQÜÈNCIES SOCIOECONÒMIQUES DE L'ÚS DE LA MALLA QUADRADA DE 50 MM A LES PESQUERIES DEMERSALS DE LES COMARQUES DE GIRONA (50SELS).
Reference: ARP014/17/0004.
Funding: Fondos GALP, Grupos de Acciones Locales en Pesca (GALP Costa Brava). 94000 Eu.
PI: J.B. Company (ICM-CSIC). Participation as a research team member.
Project Duration: Sep 2018 – Jan 2020
Goal: To improve commercial fish stocks sustainability of bottom trawl fisheries in NW Mediterranean by reducing bycatch of juveniles with the use of 50 mm mesh codends.
13. COLABORACIÓN PARA EL DISEÑO DE MEDIDAS DE MANEJO DE NUEVAS PESQUERÍAS DE AGUAS PROFUNDAS EN UN ECOSISTEMA PRISTINO DEL MAR CARIBE COLOMBIANO (i-COOP2018).
Reference: COOP20376.
Funding: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Total amount: 23350 + 5000 Eu.
PI: J. B. Company (ICM-CSIC). Participation as project coordinator.
Project duration: 2018 –2022.
Goals: Knowledge transferring on deep-sea crustacean’s fisheries management in the NW Mediterranean Sea for application on potential new deep-sea fisheries in the Colombian Caribbean Sea.
12. TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND BIOLOGICAL-FISHING MONITORING OF THE MAIN COMERCIAL SPECIES OF THE CATALAN COAST (SAP)
Funding: Generalitat de Catalunya, European Maritim and Fisheries Fund, EU. Total amount: 939537 Eu.
PI: J. B. Company (ICM-CSIC). Participation as data analysis expert.
Project duration: 2018 –2021.
Goals: The main objective of the project is to improve the knowledge of the state of the main stocks of commercial species on the Catalan coast thanks to joint actions between the fishing sector and the scientists.
11. SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF THE NATIONAL MARINE INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE (NatMIRC III)
Funding: Consellería do Mar (Galicia), Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Total amount: 300000 Eu.
PI: Coordinated by CETMAR (Galicia). Scientific Coordinator: Ana Gordoa (CEAB-CSIC). Participation as an expert in oceanographic and fisheries data analysis.
Project duration: Phase III May 2018 – Dec 2021.
Goals: Carry out training activities and research on historical oceanographic and fisheries data-sets from Namibian’s Atlantic waters. More details at http://www.cetmar.org/
10. THE ROLE OF MARINE RESERVES IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINBLE FISHERIES: THE STUDY CASE OF Nephrops norvegicus (RESNEP)
Reference: CTM2017-82991-C2-1-R.
Funding: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Science and Innovation. National Research Plan I+D+I. RETOS Total amount: 171,820 Eu.
PI: J. Navarro, J.B. Company (ICM-CSIC). Participation as a research team member.
Project duration: Jan 2018 to Dec 2020.
Goals: Evaluate the effect of a marine reserve on the abundance and biological parameters of the Norway lobster.
9. CONECTA: CONECTIVIDAD POBLACIONAL EN LA GAMBA ROSADA, Aristeus antennatus, EN EL MEDITERRÁNEO NOROCCIDENTAL ENTRE EL GOLFO DE LEÓN Y EL GOLFO DE VALENCIA. MODELO DE DERIVA LARVARIA.
Reference: CTM2014-54648-C2-1-R.
Funding: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Science and Innovation. National Research Plan I+D+I (2015-2017). Total amount: 154.880 Eu.
PI: J.B. Company (ICM-CSIC). Participation as a research team member and thesis codirector.
Project duration: Jan 2017 to Dec 2019.
Goals: To assess larval connectivity of Aristeus antennatus along the submarine canyons between the Gulf of Lions to the Gulf of Valencia based on 3D hydrodynamic numerical modelling and genetic assessment.
8. AEROSOL DEPOSITION AND OCEAN PLANKTON DYNAMICS (ADEPT) Reference: CTM2011-23458
Funding: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Science and Innovation. National Research Plan I+D+I (2012-2014). Total amount: 222,640Euros.
PI: F. Peters (ICM-CSIC). Participation as a working group team.
Project duration: Jan 2011 to Dec 2013.
Goals: The project aims at studying the effect of atmospheric aerosol deposition on the dynamics of a marine LNLC (low nutrient low chlorophyll) system, namely the Mediterranean. Relationships between atmospheric deposition and ocean nutrient and plankton dynamics are studied at a coastal scale and at the Mediterranean basin scale. More details at http://www.icm.csic.es/bio/adept/
7. NatMIRC I & II: SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF THE NATIONAL MARINE INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE.
Reference: CTM2008-03983
Funding: Consellería do Mar (Galicia), Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Total amount: Euros.
IP: Coordinated by CETMAR (Galicia). Scientific Coordinator: A. Gordoa (CEAB-CSIC). Participation as an expert in oceanographic and fisheries data analysis.
Project duration: Phase II. Oct 2011 to Sep 2013. Phase I. Aug 2009 to Sep 2011.
Goals: Carry out training activities on the analysis of historical oceanographic and fisheries data-sets from Namibian’s Atlantic waters. More details at http://www.cetmar.org/
6. OCEANOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (OAMMS)
Funding: Ministry of Science and Innovation. National Research Plan I+D+I (2008-2011). Program: Basic research. Total amount 133,100.00 Euros. Ministry of Science and Innovation. National Research Plan I+D+I (2008-2011). Program: Basic research. Subprogram: Complementary action for basic research projects. Total amount 52,000.00 Euros
PI. Jan-2009 Jun-2010, A. Cruzado (CEAB-CSIC); Jul-2010 Dec-2011, A. Gordoa (CEAB-CSIC). Participation as a project coordinator.
Project duration: Jan 2009 to Dec 2011
Goals: Consolidate an observational marine system at CEAB-CSIC based in a multi-parametric oceanographic buoy. The buoy is equipped with meteorological and oceanographic sensors to get near-real time measurements from a land-based station.
Implement coupled physical-biogeochemical models for the NW Mediterranean Sea for hindcast and forecast of the Mediterranean Sea conditions.
More details at http://www2.ceab.csic.es/oceans
5. SMOS (SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY) VALIDATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (SMOS)
Funding: Total amount: 0 Euros. This Project is linked to the OAMMS project.
PI: N. Bahamon (CEAB-CSIC). Participation as PI.
Project duration: From Sept 2008 to Dec 2011.
Goals: Provide sea surface temperature and salinity data from the Operational Observatory of the Catalan Sea (OOCS) for comparison with airborne sea surface measurements. Sea surface current velocities along with the meteorological conditions will be available for cal/val purposes. All the data will contribute to cal/val satellite measurements of sea surface salinity. More details at http://www.smos-bec.icm.csic.es/
4. SOUTHERN EUROPEAN SEAS: ASSESSING AND MODELLING ECOSYSTEM CHANGES (SESAME)
Funding: EU. Total amount: 42,279 Euros.
PI: A. Cruzado (CEAB-CSIC). Participation as working team member.
Project duration: Jan 2008 to Dec 2011.
Goals: Assess historical data-sets of plankton and nutrients from the Mediterranean Sea against the inter-annual variability of the environmental and oceanographic conditions. More details at http://sesame-ip.eu/index.php
3. ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH TO ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT DESIGNATION (ENVIEFH)
Funding: EU. Total amount: 535873 Euros.
PI: Paloma Martin (ICM-CSIC). Participation as working team member.
Project duration: Dec 2005 to Feb 2008.
Goals: To facilitate the spatial component of fisheries management, which primarily includes the proper designation of Essential Fish Habitats and their protection through new fisheries policies.
2. NEPHROPS AND CETACEAN SPECIES SELECTION INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY (NECESSITY)
Funding: EU Funding No. 501605. 4’274000 Eu.
PI: F. Sarda (ICM-CSIC). Participation as working team member.
Project duration: Mar 2004 to Apr 2007.
Goals: To develop innovative gear prototypes in collaboration with the fishing industry, to minimise by-catches in Nephrops and pelagic fisheries without significantly reducing the catch of target species.
1. INTEGRAL STUDY OF THE BLANES SUBMARINE CANYON: THE CASE OF THE BLUE AND RED SHRIP (RECSII)
Reference: REN02/04556/C02/MAR.
Funding: CICYT, Total amount: 319.170 Eu.
PI: J.B. Company (ICM-CSIC), M. Espino (UPC). Participation as working team member.
Project duration: Nov 2002 to Oct 2005.
Goals: To investigate the effects on the blue and red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) of implementing measures for a sustainable exploitation of the fishery.