• Fishing 4.0: Digitalisation and blockchain

    Registration | Register Programme The Institute of Marine Research, together with the Marine Technology Centre - CETMAR Foundation and the Vigo Shipowners’ Cooperative, which leads the project, is organising a workshop on 11 October on the potential of digitalisation and blockchain for traceability, quality and sustainability in the fisheries sector. The event is part of… 

  • Workshop on Ocean Acidification

    Access the room - No registration required for access. Certification is available after registration only. See the "Registration" section below - Introduction The ocean absorbs about 30% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that is released in the atmosphere. As levels of atmospheric CO2 increase from human activity such as burning fossil fuels and changing land… 

  • SeaFood-Age | Final Conference & Brokerage Event

    Registration | Register  The event, which will take place on 19 and 20 October in Vigo in person, will consist of two days of talks, group discussions and targeted interviews. The first day will focus initially on technical results and will be more science-oriented. The second part will be aimed at presenting industrial achievements. It… 

  • Neural networks and the seawater CO2 system. From the global ocean to the Ría de Vigo

    Daniel Broullón, from the Oceanic Processes in Global Change Group at IIM-CSIC, will defend his doctoral thesis at the University of Vigo (DOMAR Programme), in person, in the new graduation hall of the Faculty of Marine Sciences at the University of Vigo. The thesis was co-supervised by Fiz Fernández and Rosa Reboreda, from the Institute… 

  • Economic valuation of the externalities of the Natura Network in Galicia

    Registration Full programme of the conference IIM-CSIC researcher Mario Soliño will take part on 15 November in the Luis Asorey Conference Series, with a talk devoted to the economic valuation of the externalities of the Natura Network in Galicia.  Mario Soliño joined our Institute in 2021. As stated in his biography, he is often described… 

  • Saber do Mar | Season 2

    The Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) premieres the 2nd season of the series “Saber do Mar”, which will be broadcast on the IIM-CSIC YouTube channel. We went out onto the streets to ask people what they know about what we do at IIM-CSIC, what they would like to… 

  • Workshop ‘And how delicious the sea tastes!’ | MCG22 | SCT22

    Bookings and more information here The Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) is organising, together with the Library of Galicia (Xunta de Galicia) and with the collaboration of the CSIC Delegation’s Scientific Culture Unit in Galicia, an interactive storytelling activity based on the comic “And how delicious the sea… 

  • Round Table: “Fishing” | SCT2022

    As part of Science Week in Pontevedra, researcher Fran Saborido (Marine Ecology and Resources) will take part in the round table on “Fishing”, organised by the Galician Society of Sciences (SCG). The event will be free to attend and will begin at 19:30 (CET) at the Liceo Casino in Pontevedra. The full programme includes the… 

  • 11th Intercommunity Youth Research Forum

    Forum programme Xosé Pintado, from the Marine Ecology and Resources group, will take part as a guest in the 11th Intercommunity Youth Research Forum, which will be held from 24 to 26 November. The Forum is a collaborative initiative promoted by the cooperative school Colexio Plurilingüe Alborada in Vigo and Institut El Cairat in Barcelona,… 

  • 9th Ratoncito Pérez Tooth Collection Campaign

    The Institute of Marine Research calls on all children to collaborate in the annual “Ratoncito Pérez Collection” tooth-collection campaign. If you are going to CULTURGAL in Pontevedra this Saturday, don’t forget the teeth that have fallen out and look for the CSIC cart! The collection will take place on 26 November at CULTURGAL (Pontevedra), from 12:00… 

  • The sea and fishing in the work of Friar Martín Sarmiento

    Follow it live on YouTube As part of the symposium on the scholar Friar Martín Sarmiento organised by the Council of Galician Culture (CCG), researcher Fran Saborido (Marine Ecology and Resources) will take part in the third session of talks on “Natural Sciences”, with a lecture on the sea and fishing in the work of…