SEASentinels
SEASentinels: towards the use of sentinel species and ecosystem modeling tools for adaptive and proactive marine conservation
Duration: 2023-2025
Funding: Proyecto de Consolidación Investigadora, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación; CNS2022-135631
Coordinator: Dr. Fran Ramirez
Role: Member of working group
SOSPen
A Safe Operating Space for Penguins: fostering the present and future conservation of penguins and their associated marine systems
Duration: 2022-2026
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2021-124831OA-I00)
Coordinator: Dr. Fran. Ramirez
Role: Member of working group
COTI
Reconciling fishing and COnservation of Threatened pelagic sharks by Identifying ecologically important areas in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (COTI)
Duration: 2024-2026
Funding: Programa Pleamar, Fundación Biodiversidad of the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (Govierno de España) and FEMPA (EU)
Coordinator: Dr. Joan Navarro
Role: Member of the research group
ACCION
Aproximaciones científicas en la implementación de estrategias marinas: herramientas de gestión (ACCION)
Duration: 2023-2025
Funding: Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITERD) – Fondos de Recuperación.
Coordinator: Dr. Emma Huertas
MarinePlan
Improved transdisciplinary science for effective ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning and conservation in European Seas 
Duration: 2022-2025
Funding: European Union
Coordinator: Dr. Vanessa Stelzenmueller
ProOceans
Fostering the capacity of marine ecosystem models to PROject the cumulative effects of global change and plausible future OCEANS 
Duration: 2021-2024
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Proyectos de I+D+I (RETOS-PID2020-118097RB-I00)
Coordinator: Dr. Marta Coll & Dr. Jose María Bellido
Role: Principal investigator
Resources:
IPBES
Contributions to IPBES assessments: NEXUS assessment
Duration: 2022-2024
Funding: UN & CSIC
Coordinator: Dr. Marta Coll (contribution to Chapter 3 & Marine Team)
Science4Policy
Science4Policy: Océanos resilientes frente a la crisis global
Duration: 2024
Funding: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
Coordinator: Dr. Marta Coll, Dr. Miquel Ortega, Dr. Maria Grazia Pennino & Dr. Joan Moranta
SOSMED
Mejora del conocimiento científico-técnico para la sostenibilidad de las pesquerías demersales del Mediterráneo occidental
Duration: 2022-2024
Funding: Ministerio de Agricultura, Ramaderia y Pesca (MAPA) – Fondos de Recuperación.
Coordinator: Dr. Beatriz Guijaro
Role: Participant
FutureMARES
Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Duration: 2020-2024
Funding: Horizon EC 2020 – Topic LC-CLA-06-2019, H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020
Coordinator: Dr. Myron Peck
Role: CSIC coordinator
Project website: https://www.futuremares.eu/
SEINE-ETP
Assessment of potential interactions between the purse SEINErs fishery of Castellón and Endangered, Threatened, Protected species
Duration: 2022-2023
Funding: Ocean Stewardship Fund MAVA Grant
Coordinator: D. Valerio Sbragaglia & Dr. Marta Coll
TRIATLAS
South and Tropical Atlantic – climate-based marine ecosystem prediction for sustainable management
Duration: 2019-2023
Funding: Horizon EC 2020-Topic: BG-08-2018-2019-RIA- SEP-210482854
Coordinator: Dr. Noel Keenlyside and Dr. Heino FockRole: CSIC coordinator
Project website: https://triatlas.w.uib.no/
EISA
Ecology and management of the invasive snow crab: Predicting expansion, impacts and sustainability in the Arctic under climate change
Duration: 2019-2022
Funding: Norsk Insitutt for Vannforskning (NIVA), Norway
Coordinator: Dr. Paul E. Renauld
Role: CSIC coordinator, WP3 lead
Project website: https://www.akvaplan.niva.no/en/projects-networks/eisa/
STELAR – DELTA
Ecología trófica de cinco especies de aves en la ZEPA marina del Delta del Ebro. Relación con pesquerías e impacto en parámetros poblacionales
Duration: 2022
Funding: Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, Programa Pleamar, cofinanciado por el FEMP
Coordinator: J. Becares
Role: CSIC coordinator
Project website: https://www.corys.es/todos-los-proyectos/stelar-delta/

PelWeb
Winners, losers and shifts of Pelagic food WEB changes in the western Mediterranean Sea:
from ecosystem consequences to future projections
Duration: 2018-2020
Funding: Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Proyectos
de I+D+I (RETOS-2017-CTM2017-88939-R)
PI: Dr. Marta Coll & Dr. J.M. Bellido
PelCat
Decline of small pelagic fish in the Catalan Sea: potential role
of plankton change and pollution
Duration: 2020-2021
Funding: Generalitat de Catalunya, Fons Europeu Marítim I de la Pesca.
Col.laboració entre científics I pescadors. CAT 152CAT00013, TAIS ARP059/19/00005
PI: Dr. Marta Coll
MarCons
Advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas
EU COST Action CA 15121
Duration: 2017-2020
Coordinator: Dr. Stelios Katsanevakis
Role: WP1 lead with Dr. Vanessa Stelzenmüller
Project website
MERCES
Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas
Horizon EC 2020-Topic: SC5-07-2015- RIA-Proposal number: 689518-2
Duration: 2016 – 2020
PI. Dr. Roberto Danovaro
PRIONACE
Ecologia espacial de la tintorera Prionace glauca en el Mediterráneo occidental: adquisición de nuevos conocimientos
a través del uso de sensores, marcadores tróficos y modelos ecosistémicos
Zoo de Barcelona & Institut of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC)
PI. Dr. Joan Navarro
SPELMED
Evaluation of the population status and specific management alternatives for the small pelagic fish stocks in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea”
EASME/EMFF/2016/032 – European Commission Tender
Duration: 2017-2018
PI. Dr. Marta Coll & Dr. Jose Maria Bellido.
KELPEX
Kelp export: fuel for adjacent communities in changing arctic ecosystems?
Duration: 2016-2018
Funding: Norsk Insitutt for Vannforskning (NIVA), Norway
PI: Dr. Eva Ramirez-Llodra. Dr. Marta Coll leading WP4 (Food web modelling)
SAFENET
Sustainable Fisheries in EU Mediterranean waters through network of MPAs (SaFENet). Pilot project
Marine protected areas: networks(s) for enhancement of sustainable fisheries in EU Mediterranean waters. EU-DGMARE (MARE/2014/41)
Duration: 2016-2018
PI. Dr. Joachim Claudet & Dr. Paolo Guidetti
CAPES-BRAZIL
Desenvolvimento e adequação do “Ecopath with Ecosim and Ecospace” (EwE Ecospace) para subsidiar o manejo pesqueiro cossistêmico no Brasil, com destaque para a modelagem econômica-social da pesca e do crescimento da teoria de teias tróficas”
Science Without Borders Program – Special Visiting Researchers – PVE: MEC/MCTI/CAPES/CNPq/FAPs. Government of Brazil.
Duration: 2014 – 2016
PI. Dr. Ronaldo Angelini
DESSIM
A Decision Support system for the management of Israel’s Mediterranean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute
Duration: 2013 – 2017
PI. Dr. Gideon Gal
Role: CSIC coordinator
BIOWEB
Towards an Ecosystem-based Approach of Marine Resources: Linking BIOodiversity, Food WEBs, Ecosystem Services and Drivers
European Commission FP7 – Marie Curie CIG
Duration: 2012-2016
PI. Dr. Marta Coll
ECOTRANS
Dynamics and ECOlogical role of small pelagic fishes in the NorthWestern Mediterranean; Energy TRANSfer from planktonic organisms to top predators
Spanish Government – Plan Nacional
Duration: 2012-2014.
PI. Dr. Isabel Palomera
INDISEAS II
EAF indicators, a comparative approach across ecosystems (Phase II)
Euroceans Network of Excellence
Duration: 2011-2015
PI. Dr. Yunne J. Shin, Dr. Lynne J. Shannon & Dr. Alida Bundy
NEREUS
Predicting the future ocean
Fisheries Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 2010-2013.
PI. Dr. Villy Christensen
Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us
Fisheries Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 2009-2013
PI. Dr. Daniel Pauly
ECOFUN
Analysis of biodiversity changes on structural and functional properties of marine ecosystems under cumulative human stressors”
European Commission FP7 – Marie Curie OIF
Duration: 2009-2011
PI. Dr. Marta Coll
BIOFUN
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in contrasting southern European deep-sea environments: from viruses to megafauna
European Commission FP7
Duration: 2008-2010
PI. Dr. Francesc Sarda
INDISEAS I
EAF indicators, a comparative approach across ecosystems (Phase I)
Euroceans Network of Excellence
Duration: 2007-2010.
PI. Dr. Yunne J. Shin & Dr. Philippe Cury
NECESSITY
Nephrops and cetacean species selectivity, information and technology
European Commission FP6
Duration: 2004-2006
PI. Dr. Francesc Sarda
SOMI
Sustainability of exploited marine ecosystems in the Iberian Mediterranean Sea: The Ecopath ecosystem approach
Spanish Government- Plan Nacional
Duration: 2001-2002
PI. Dr. Isabel Palomera



Coordinating research in support to application of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) and management advice in the Mediterranean and Black Seas”
Future of Marine Animal Populations
History of Marine Animal Populations