WELCOME
The MARTEC18
Conference event
The MARTEC18 Conference event will be focused in the R+D+i oriented to global societal needs, looking for innovative solutions to meet the requirements to comply with the new legal framework of the fishing sector related to the Landing Obligation of nowadays discarded species while ensuring the sustainability of marine resources and the long term viability of the fishing activity as well.
Therefore, the meeting is open to commercial interests, government agencies and academic expertise. Selected papers will be published on a Special issue of Marine Policy.
Vigo, the biggest city in the northwest of Spain with one of the most important fresh fish ports worldwide, is hosting the MARTEC Conference. The Institute of Marine Research (IIM) of the CSIC will be the institution in charge of the congress organization, in collaboration with the Technological Center of Sea (CETMAR) and with the support of all partners of LIFE iSEAS (IEO, CESGA, USC, JOSMAR, OPROMAR). The venue will be the Auditorio Afundación.

PROGRAMME
Five sesions topics
The MARTEC18 program will be covered
and elaborated through the following topics:

Advances on-board
Innovative gears and
identification/
quantification of the total catch.

Data management and processing
Definition of an efficient modelling
of fishing activity.

Solutions in land
Innovative management solutions
for the landing obligation
compliance.

Environmental and socio-economic implications
Socio-economic costs and impacts of implementation of the LO and discard ban policies.

The future of the fishing sector
Threats and opportunities beyond 2019. Round table with experts.
Social Programme
The Cíes Islands
are the Vigo estuary’s greatest treasure
INFORMATION
Organizing
Committee
Know all about the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and LIFE iSEAS.
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation, its main objective is to develop…
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