March 2022 – ProOceans workshop on modelling techniques

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Under our Spanish Project ProOceans “Fostering the capacity of marine ecosystem models to PROject the cumulative effects of global change and plausible future OCEANS” we have organized a 2-day workshop to discuss modelling techniques available, their capabilities and challenges to model the global ocean.

We have discussed about marine ecosystem models, spatial statistical models, Bayesian/Frequentist approach, input data and model construction, outputs, other statistical and non-statistical models, multivariate, time Series, machine learning and computational models (AI).

March 2022 – Joint lab meeting with V. Christensen’s group

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We organized a joint lab meeting with Villy Christensen group at University of British Columbia, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. We discussed students and postdoc projects and found common challenges and issues to deal with ecological modelling techniques. A very inspiring session! Let’s hope that next time it can be an “in person” meeting.

Plasticizers detected in Mediterranean sardines, anchovies and hake

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Our recent publication about plasticizes detected in Mediterranean sardines, anchovies and hake has been featured in National Geographic.

October 2021 – Mediterranean small pelagic fish at SIMERPE (Vigo)

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We presented the results of 4 years of projects on small pelagic fish at the first SIMERPE – Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources (“Simposio Ibérico de Modelado y Evaluación de Recursos Pesqueros”)

We are very grateful for this opportunity, full of interesting discussions about achievements and challenges to evaluate marine resources and ecosystems and move towards the sustainability of the social-ecological system.

Octobre 2021 – Infographics of small pelagic fish

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Our projects about small pelagic fish have produced very interesting results during the last 4 years.

We have summarized them in three infographics (made by Amparo Hidalgo):

You can download them from here

We presented them last week at the University of Girona during a very informative workshop organized by Jordi Viñas and Marta Muñoz about the state of European Sardine.

 

Phd opportunity – marine ecosystem modelling of the global ocean

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The project is entitled “Fostering the capacity of marine ecosystem models to project the cumulative effects of global change and plausible future oceans” (PI: Marta Coll ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Jose Mª Bellido IEO-Murcia & Xavier Barber UMH, Elche).

The PhD fellow will receive a 4-year contract with a gross annual salary of 16,250€ for each of the first two annuities; 17,410 for the third annuity; and 21,760 for the fourth annuity, apart from an additional grant of 6,860€ for mobility and training for the 4-year period.

Applications will open in mid-October 2021 through the following link. In the meantime we encourage future applicants to contact us and check the details of the position.

Job opportunity – Postdoctoral contract in marine ecosystem modelling

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September 2021

We are looking for a a postdoctoral researcher to work on marine ecosystem modelling development and applications within the European project FutureMARES.

  • Place: Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona
  • Salary: FC3-FC1, 46,287.17 to €58,059.19 €, depending on experience
  • Contract period: One year, with the possibility to be extended for 1-2 additional

The objective of the contract is to characterize the potential effect of two Nature-Based Solutions (sustainable fisheries management and the establishment of marine protected areas) to overcome the impacts of ongoing climate change effects on marine resources and ecosystems. The methodological approach will involve the use of statistical and mechanistic modelling techniques of marine ecosystems with special focus on the Western Mediterranean Sea.

We are looking for candidates with a strong background on marine ecosystem modelling with Ecopath with Ecosim and Ecospace software [1] and its latest developments (e.g., Christensen et al. 2014, Steenbeek et al. 2018, Coll et al. 2019) and knowledge on the field of marine sciences, biological sciences, and environmental sciences or similar. A good level of English is essential and knowledge of GIS, statistical analyses and programming with R is highly recommended.

More information here

June 2021 – How to protect sardines and anchovies from overfishing and climate change

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Today our PELWEB project formally arrives to an end.

The amazing team of PELWEB was worked a lot during three years and a half to advance on our understanding of the Mediterranean pelagic ecosystem and, particularly, on anchovy and sardine dynamics.

We just published an outreach text about important outcomes in The Conversation, check it out!

And an online seminar about some of the outcomes is also available as part of the Seamposium series.

 

 

Severo Ochoa ICM Postdoctoral Fellowships: 20th June 2021

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Within the Framework of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation, six fellowships for two-year post-doctoral contracts are available at the Institute of Marine Science (ICM), the largest centre for multidisciplinary marine science in Spain, with a leading role in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.

This call will be open from May 7th to June 20th 2021 at 23:59h CET. Before applying please check the full application.

The objective of the ICM Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF SO) is to attract outstanding international early career researchers working on highly interdisciplinary topics related with ICM’s Research Challenges, ICM’s Emerging Research Areas, or ICM’s Transversal Methodologies, in order to complement the current ICM research portfolio.

Come and work with us!Excelencia Severo Ochoa

Should we protect 30% of the Mediterranean Sea?

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Today WWF launched a report that shows how protecting 30% of the Mediterranean Sea can boost fish stocks and biodiversity.

By protecting key areas of our seas and coasts, we can trigger a domino effect of positive results.

In collaboration with EII and CNRS-CRIOBE we contributed to the study with a modelling exercise testing alternative scenarios of protection for the Mediterranean Sea