Tag Archives: Spain

Management of Red Shrimp Fishery in Catalonia Spain

Red shrimp fresh from sea

MSC Science Series Paper on the sustainable management strategies of the red shrimp fishery in Catalonia, Spain.

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Evolution and current state of the technology of echo-sounder buoys used by Spanish tropical purse seiners in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans

This paper, published in ‘Fisheries Research’ by J. Lopez, G. Moreno, I. Sancristobal, and J. Murua, explores the use of echo-sounder buoys in the tuna fleet, and the impact of this on the deployment of fish aggregating devices.

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GAP2 Global: Australian ‘Barefoot Ecologist’ delivers workshop in Galicia

Barefoot ecologist Dr Jeremy Prince blogs about his experiences teaching an interactive workshop in Galicia, hosted by GAP2’s case study leader Pablo Pita Orduna.

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36 months on: Progress update from the Galician case study

The GAP2 case study in Galicia provides an update on its progress over the last twelve months.

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Maiken Bjorkan’s Blog: Goodbyes

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Maiken Bjorkan bids farewell to her time on GAP2 exchange…and to the GAP2 project as a whole. Read her final blog post.

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Maiken Bjorkan’s Blog: Fish and Film

GAP2 anthropologist Maiken Bjorkan writes about her experiences filming as the star of the upcoming GAP2 video.

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Maiken Bjorkan’s blog: Girona, Palamós and Big Chief Petter

From November 2013 until March 2014, Maiken, a social anthropologist based in Norway, will be living and working in Spain. Working with fishermen and scientists involved in the Red Shrimp case study, Maiken will be studying how management plans are implemented from a …

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Maiken Bjorkan’s Blog: Who are stakeholders?

Closed Season

After interviewing a range of GAP2 participants, Maiken Bjorkan contemplates the way in which we use the word ‘stakeholder’

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Maiken Bjorkan’s blog: Twelve grapes, three kings and a closed season

Maiken picks her favourite festive traditions from the Catalan region of Spain, and updates us on her latest research for the GAP2 exchange

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Maiken Bjorkan’s blog: Mica mica (little by little)

CSIC and surroundings.

Maiken writes about the role of fishing cooperatives in the Catalan region.

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