Seafood from Madeira Island: MARISCOMAC
Taking fisheries science to society
João
Delgado1, 2,
Luisa
Costa3, 4*,
Ana
R.
Gois1,
Grace
Faria1,
Adriana
Alves1,
Ricardo
Sousa1, 2,
José
A.
González5,
Manuel
J.
Biscoito2, 3, 6 and
Mafalda
Freitas2, 3, 6
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1
Other, Portugal
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2
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira (OOM), Portugal
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3
Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Portugal
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4
Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences (MARE), Portugal
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5
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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6
Independent researcher, Portugal
The project MARISCOMAC aims the development of technical and scientific conditions, training, transfer of technology and knowledge, aiming to promote the sustainable exploitation and safe consumption of seafood in the Macaronesia (Madeira, Canary and Cabo Verde Islands).
In this project the target species are limpets (Patella aspera and Patella candeii), sea snail (Phorcus sauciatus), and big deep-sea crabs (Cancer bellianus, Chaceon affinis and Paromola cuvieri), among others.
In 2017 the project was presented and promoted in all the geographic areas with all partners involved, and from there one informative article and seven scientific articles were published.
In 2018 the dissemination of the project activities started with agro-fishing and restaurant and tourism industry events, and also the “ULPGC Canary Gastronomy Center” was designed and created at the University of Las Palmas. In Madeira Island the Project was presented in several events such as: “Rota do Atum”, “III Feira do Mar e do Pescador”, “XIV Festa da Lapa”, “Conferências do Mar” and “Ciência no Mercado”, among others. Lectures were given for different target publics and workshops and dissemination activities were developed involving around 2,500 participants.
The MARISCOMAC project has the ambitious purpose of carrying out its activities, not only addressed to the stakeholders of the fishing sector but to the whole society, thus raising awareness about the safe consumption of local fish obtained in a sustainable way.
Acknowledgements
This research was co-funded by the EU ERDF in the framework of the Programme INTERREG V-A (Madeira, Açores, Canarias) 2014-2020, project MARISCOMAC (MAC/2.3d/097). RS was financially supported by Project M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001 - Observatório Oceânico da Madeira-OOM.
Keywords:
Seafood,
Madeira Island,
Mariscomac project,
limpets,
Sea snails,
big deep-sea crabs,
Macaronesia islands,
Dissemination activities
Conference:
XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX) , Braga, Portugal, 9 Sep - 12 Sep, 2019.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Ecotourism, Environmental Education, Citizen Science and Dissemination of Science
Citation:
Delgado
J,
Costa
L,
Gois
AR,
Faria
G,
Alves
A,
Sousa
R,
González
JA,
Biscoito
MJ and
Freitas
M
(2019). Seafood from Madeira Island: MARISCOMAC
Taking fisheries science to society.
Front. Mar. Sci.
Conference Abstract:
XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX) .
doi: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.08.00092
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Received:
06 May 2019;
Published Online:
27 Sep 2019.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Luisa Costa, Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Funchal, Portugal, luisa.costa@cm-funchal.pt