Invertebrate monitoring: Pinna nobilis

Scientific collaboration contract with TRAGSATEC. Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. Developed between 12.02.2024 and 12.02.2025. Amount: 12,100 €. Participation of the members of the group: Dr. José Rafael García March, PI of the project; Dr. José Tena,......

Project CAMEG

project code: CIGE2023/142

The metropolitan area of Valencia, located in the Gulf of Valencia, is the most populated area of the Valencian Community. Its coasts present serious pollution problems, derived from urban and industrial discharges resulting from intense human and industrial activity. This problem requires......

#ActForChange

Citizen participation and environmental awareness regarding the oceans and the climate change.

Description: The purpose of the AEIF-funded project #ActFor Change is to disseminate the U.S. government’s message on oceans and climate change via a series of activities like coastal cleanups, underwater cleanups, debris workshops, film screenings, debates, and an international......

LIFE Pinnarca

Protección y restauración de las poblaciones de Pinna nobilis como respuesta a la pandemia catastrófica iniciada en 2016.

Código según financiadora: LIFE20-NAT/ES/001265 Descripción: El principal objetivo del proyecto es poner en práctica medidas paliativas que eviten la extinción total de Pinna nobilis a corto-medio plazo. Se espera que la enfermedad que afecta al mejillón de abanico devaste casi todas las......

LIFE Pinnarca

Protection and restoration of Pinna nobilis populations as a response to the catastrophic pandemic started in 2016.

Funding code: LIFE20-NAT/ES/001265 Description: The main objective of the project is to put into practice mitigation measures that prevent the total extinction of Pinna nobilis in the short-medium term. The disease affecting the fan mussel is expected to devastate nearly all the remaining......

MARLANDS

Maritima - Islands of Mediterranean: European international project coordinated by the Group: Creation of a clear image of each island as a unique cultural and ecological system, to stimulate the conservation of cultural heritage and the development of contemporary art on the islands.

Funding code: 101055734 Description: MARLANDS is a community of contemporary artists and researchers united to address cultural and ecological issues across the Mediterranean islands. This project aims to implement collaborations between arts and sciences to raise awareness across Europe......

Ecohormigón

Eco-concrete for artificial reefs and other maritime infrastructures

Funding code: INNEST/2022/261 Description: This project is a continuation of a previous project also developed by UPV, UCV and RVM and financed by AVI in the years 20210-2021 for the development of sustainable concrete maritime infrastructures to promote the growth of flora and fauna (LIVING......

REMOURE

Filtration of microplastics according to the capture model in Mediterranean marine organisms.

Description: The objective of the project is to investigate the feeding apparatus of certain Mediterranean marine species, such as the basking shark or devil ray, through physical and virtual simulations to understand the hydrodynamic mechanisms that provide the animals’ very high......

NeuPinna

Use of reproductive neuropeptides to induce gonadal maturation and laying of Pinna nobilis and P. rudis in captive conditions.

Description: The Institute for Research in Environment and Marine Science (IMEDMAR-UCV) of the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV) works on the NEUPINNA project funded by the Biodiversity Foundation F.S.P., on a competitive basis, for the conservation of marine biodiversity in Spain 2020 with......

OCECOSVAL

Project GVA-ThinkInAzul: Oceanographic and benthos monitoring in the coasts of the Valencian Community

Funding code: GVA-THINKINAZUL/2021/033  Description: The GVA-ThinKInAzul Project, with funding of 10 million euros, is the first of the eight thematic areas of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Program that has been initiated in the Valencian Community within the framework......

Licitacion: CMAYOR/2021/07Y03/197

Study of the reproductive characteristics of the octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in the waters of the Valencian Community

Funding code: CMAYOR/2021/07Y03/197 Description: This project is an effort to explore the reproductive characteristics of the octopus (Octopus vulgaris) at different points on the coast of the Valencian Community in order to establish the closed periods for artisanal octopus fishing, as well......

Licitacion: CMAYOR/2021/07Y03/52

Scientific monitoring of the Marine Reserves of fishing interest of the Valencian Community: Marine reserve of fishing interest of the Sierra de Irta

  Funding code: CMAYOR/2021/07Y03/52 Description: Marine Reserves of Fishing Interest (RRMMIP) such as the Sierra de Irta, serve as breeding grounds for different species of fish and invertebrates, favoring the maintenance of their populations. They also represent excellent......