SusTunTech at Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) event (25 May)
The Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (LDAC; https://ldac.eu/en/) is an EU fisheries body representing stakeholders of both the fishing sector (including catching, processing and marketing sectors, and trade unions), and other groups of interest (environmental NGOs, consumers and civil society). LDAC organized an event to discuss the “External dimension of the European CFP today [...]
SusTunTech at Pint of Science (23 May)
Pint of Science brings scientists to share their latest research with the general public out of their common dissemination channels (https://pintofscience.com/). It is an annual worldwide science festival that aims to communicate contemporary scientific developments by bringing scientists to public and informal places to share their findings. The festival covers all aspects of research [...]
SusTunTech at Expomar (10-13 May)
Through Zephyr Group, the European project SusTunTech was presented at Expomar. There, the qualities of the project, which improves the energy efficiency of tuna vessels by at least 25% compared to current practices, were shared. Expomar was held from 10 to 13 May in Burela (Lugo), becoming during those days, the capital of the [...]
SusTunTech participates in the conference “Energy efficiency for the fishing sector” at Marín (21 April)
SusTunTech has participated in the “Energy efficiency for the fishing sector” session conducted by OPROMAR in Marín (Galicia) organized by ENERCOM project. From AZTI, aspects of legislation and regulation in energy efficiency in fishing were presented, as well as the ENERCOM project's achievements and preliminary outcomes. In addition, case studies were presented, related to [...]
SusTunTech at TV program “Vivir o mar” in TVG channel (23 April)
SusTunTech was selected for an interview in this TV program due to the participation on the scientific table of the INTERFISH fishing sustainability conference organized by fishing industry. SusTunTech work for reducing fuel consumption and days at sea as a win-win for the fishing industry and the environment. The use of fishing vessels as [...]
SusTunTech at 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean (ECCWO-5, 17-21 April, Bergen, Norway)
SusTunTech team (Dr. Fernandes from AZTI, Dr. Pazouki from UNEW and Dr. Reite from SINTEF) has chaired the session 2 about climate change mitigation by fishing industry in the most important international marine climate change conference. Dr. Carlos Groba has been the invited speaker as pioneer on route optimization (introduction to the subject and [...]