ULPGC opens a new edition of its master's programme in marine crops
The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) is opening on this October a new edition of its Master's Degree in 'Marine Cultivation', a program that has been operating for a decade as an official degree and that this 2018 has enrolled 20 students of different nationalities and from different studies.
Cross-border cooperation in the Macaronesian Marine Spatial Planning, under debate in the Canary Islands
The University Institute ECOAQUA, dependent on the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), has organized two technical workshops that will bring together hundreds of experts this September 21st in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and next September 28th in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with the aim to establish the basis for cross-border cooperation for Macaronesia between Portugal and Spain in the coming years
15 experts debate in Taliarte (Gran Canaria) on new sensors and monitoring tools for the marine and coastal environment
EuroMarine brought together 15 experts from different international organizations from Monday 17 September to Wednesday 19 September at ASIMO (Autonomous Systems for Integrated Marine and Maritime Observations in Coastal Areas), an international workshop on new perspectives, sensors and tools for monitoring the marine and coastal environment.
Members of the Islandap consortium of ECOAQUA - IU attend to the Circular Economy and Technological Innovation Summit in Madrid
- by admin_ecoaqua - Thu, 07/12/2018 - 07:42
- ecoacua, cumbre alf, taliarte, ULPGC
12/07/2018.- The director of the Nutrition Division of the The University Institute of Aquaculture and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems (IUECOAQUA), Lidia Robaina, as spokesperson for Islandap Project, participated last Friday, July 6 in the Circular Economy and Technological Innovation Summit, held in Madrid, after being selected as one of the 300 social representatives of Spain in the field of research and innovation.
ECOAQUA at SIBIC 2018 (Portugal): Population growth on Earth requires the search for new sources of Omega-3s
- by admin_ecoaqua - Thu, 06/28/2018 - 06:05
- Acuicultura, ECOAQUA, ULPGC, SIBIC, Marisol Izquierdo
18/06/2018.- The production of new sources of long-chain polyunsaturated Omega-3s, the well-known EPA and DHA, will help to make population growth on Earth, a planet with increasingly depleted resources, sustainable. This was the theme of the exhibition last Thursday, 14 June, of the ECOAQUA Aquaculture Research Group at the VII Congress of the Iberian Society of Ichthyology (SIBIC 2018), in the Portuguese city of Faro, where Marisol Izquierdo, representing this institute of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, spoke of the benefits of consuming these fatty acids.
Natural remedies have positive effects on fish health and immune systems
- by admin_ecoaqua - Thu, 06/28/2018 - 04:09
- Acuicultura, ECOAQUA, ULPGC, Aquaculture, ISFNF
07/06/2018.- The extracts of natural plants known for their therapeutic use among humans can also provide positive effects on the health and well-being of fish farmed in aquaculture.
More fish from aquaculture is already consumed in the world than caught
- by admin_ecoaqua - Thu, 06/28/2018 - 03:04
- Acuicultura, ECOAQUA, ISFNF, SPEGC
04/06/2018.- As the world’s population continues to rise, threatening to surpass 7.5 billion people by 2020, the need to create high-quality aquatic products rich in omega-3s has soared to cover not only the food needs of people but also reduce the risk of suffering from many diseases in industrialized and non-industrialized countries.
The legal regulation of holiday homes in the Islands debated in the ULPGC
- by admin_ecoaqua - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 00:00
- ECOAQUA, ULPGC, TOTMA, VACATION RENT, GREEN ECONOMY