Fisheries
Fish and fishery products remain among the most commonly traded food commodities in the world. That translates into more than 80 million tons of global marine catches and 39 million jobs in fisheries around the world.
At a local scale, the fishing activity in Galicia has a strong, centuries-old tradition, while from a socio-economic perspective, Galicia accounts for around 43% of the number of vessels and nearly 40% of the number of fishing-related jobs in Spain, with landings exceeding 150,000 tons in 2019 and reaching a value over 470 million euros (pescadegalicia.org).
Nonetheless, unsustainable fisheries have been steadily increasing since the 1970s, although the rate is slowing down. Regulations to adjust fish catches to the Maximum Sustainable Yield or the recently established landing obligation are measures that attempt to increase the abundance and health of fish stocks and ensure the sustainability of fishing.
Sustainable fisheries require innovations to reduce operational costs and improve revenues without damaging stocks. The IIM-CSIC has a long tradition of collaboration with the fisheries industry at different levels to help it adapt to these new challenges
You can read about all our capabilities and associated services below.
Capabilities
- Capabilities | Control of traceability and labelling
Development of specific biomarkers and -omic techniques to quantify allergens and to track species composition and geographical origin for quality traceability and prevention of food fraud and unregulated fisheries.
- Capabilities | New technologies for rapid detection of pathogens in fishery and aquaculture products
Development of mass spectroscopy techniques for rapid identification and quantification of parasites in seafood products, as well as proteomic techniques to identify pathogenic microorganisms, fish parasites and allergen proteins.
- Capabilities | Threat assessment and critical control points along seafood value chains
Assessment and development of protocols to identify the most problematic areas and products in terms of microbial contamination and parasitic infestation along the value chain of seafood products.
- Capabilities | Development of management and decision-making tools based on modeling and simulated scenariosCoastal & Environmental Protection Maritime Spatial Planning Ecosystem Services & Governance Aquaculture Fisheries
Development of space-specific tools for assessment, management and decision-making by modeling the impacts of present and possible future environmental scenarios (pollution, climate change, etc.) on oceanographic conditions, biodiversity distribution, physiological response or fisheries and aquaculture performance.
- Capabilities | Development of Artificial Intelligence applications for fisheries management
Development of Deep Learning algorithms that allow automating fisheries monitoring processes and reducing time and costs compared with processing by human observers. The applications developed range from innovative systems for real-time remote electronic monitoring, which identify and quantify total catches of fishing vessels (e.g., iObserver), to new image recognition techniques that allow individually identifying fish and estimating population parameters.
Services
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PEACHESEA - Ocean Acidification Analysis
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SEMAIM - Optical Microscopy & Image Analyses
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Advanced Chromatography and Omics
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Genomics & Bioinformatic Analyses
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SIES - Species Identification and DNA Sequencing
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Biobank Technical Unit
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Metals Determination in the Marine Environment
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LNREMB - National Reference Laboratory for Bivalve Mollusc Diseases
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Fish Functional Genomics
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Life History
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Monitoring and observation of the marine environment
Active projects
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<p>Red para el estudio y promoción de los servicios ecosistémicos de bivalvos</p>
Principal investigator:FernándezBabarroJose ManuelFunding body:Ayuda RED2022-134186-T financiada por MICIU/AEI
/10.13039/501100011033. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades - Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónFunding for IIM-CSIC:18300€Fromto - CONECTEE -
<p>Conectividad Ecológica y el papel del Parque Nacional Islas Atlánticas de Galicia en la conservación de Elasmobranquios costeros</p>
Principal investigator:AlonsoFernándezAlexandreFunding body:Red de Parques Nacionales - MINISTERIO PARA LA TRANSICIÓN ECOLÓGICA Y EL RETO DEMOGRÁFICOFunding for IIM-CSIC:155137€Fromto - MOVE -
<p>Movescapes, connectivity hotspots and eco-evolutionary dynamics: protecting the
functional role of predatory coastal fishes</p>Principal investigator:AlonsoFernándezAlexandreFunding body:Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI - Biodiversa+). Proyectos de colaboración Internacional 2022-2. Programa Estatal para Afrontar las Prioridades de Nuestro Entorno. Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023.Funding for IIM-CSIC:173700€Fromto - LIFE REFISH -
<p>Flexible biorefinery to valorise discards and by-products of the European fish and seafood production (REFISH)</p>
Principal investigator:VázquezÁlvarezXosé AntónFunding body:LIFE Environment (Nature & Circular Economy)Funding for IIM-CSIC:357637€Fromto <p>Using fishers knowledge to understand the use of alternative gears to static gillnets in the ASCOBANS Region</p>
Principal investigator:PierceGraham JohnFunding body:Whale and Dolphin ConservationFunding for IIM-CSIC:6050€Fromto- PESCANDO 4.0 -
<p>Plataforma Blockchain e IoT para garantizar la trazabilidad, seguridad, calidad y sostenibilidad en la cadena de valor de los productos pesqueros</p>
Principal investigator:VilasFernándezCarlosFunding body:PROYECTO FINANCIADO POR EL PLAN DE RECUPERACIÓN, TRANSFORMACIÓN Y RESILIENCIA Y LOS FONDOS EUROPEOS NEXT GENERATION EU EN EL MARCO DEL REAL DECRETO 685/2021 DEL 3 DE AGOSTOFunding for IIM-CSIC:145812€Fromto - SINERXIA -
<p>Asesoramiento formativo técnico sobre Técnologías Facilitadores (TFE) relacionadas con el sector pesquero y agroalimentación</p>
Principal investigator:SaboridoReyFranFunding body:SINERXIA SLUFunding for IIM-CSIC:8264€Fromto - VALOR -
<p>Valorización integral de los efluentes y residuos de pieles generados en el proceso de producción de gelatinas marinas de alta calidad</p>
Principal investigator:VázquezÁlvarezXosé AntónFunding body:CSICFunding for IIM-CSIC:21600€Fromto - Contrato Programa -
<p>AYUDA CONVENIO ENTRE CSIC Y LA AXENCIA GALEGA DE INNOVACIÓN -GAIN- PARA EL DESARROLLO DE PROGRAMAS DE I+D+i EN LOS INSTITUTOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN DEL CSIC EN GALICIA Y EN LOS CENTROS OCEANOGRÁFICOS DEL INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA (CSIC-IEO). 2021-2022</p>
Principal investigator:SaboridoReyFranFunding body:Agencia Galega de InnovaciónFunding for IIM-CSIC:521824€Fromto <p>Análise dos parámetros ambientais da Ría de Vigo e a súa influencia na abundancia de colonias de organismos procariotas intracelulares, simbiontes habituais na branquia de ameixa rubia</p>
Principal investigator:GilCotoMiguelVillacierosRobineauNicolasFunding body:CIMA-Xunta de GaliciaFunding for IIM-CSIC:14920€Fromto