22/05/2026
Under the theme ‘Outermost regions and the sea’, this event is a key regional gathering for the nautical and maritime sector in the Canary Islands.
The ECOAQUA University Institute, part of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), is once again playing a key role in one of the most important events in the Canary Islands relating to the sea, the FIMAR 2026 International Sea Fair, which will take place from Friday 22 May and Sunday 24 May, at the Sanapú quay in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, near the Poema del Mar aquarium and the Onda Atlántica walkway.
To this end, in addition to its now traditional stand, the university institute will offer, through its researchers, 13 of the 26 free public talks scheduled as part of the 15th edition of this major event – a figure that is almost double the number given last year, when it delivered a total of seven.
The fair is sponsored by the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council and the Port Authority of Las Palmas, and organised by Infecar Feria de Gran Canaria and Ciudad de Mar. Among the fair’s activities is the dissemination of scientific knowledge relating to the marine and maritime environment.
Date: 22, 23 and 24 May 2026.
Venue: Muelle Sanapú, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Organisers: INFECAR and Ciudad de Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council.
In collaboration with: Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, Las Palmas Port Authority.
Participating research groups: EOMAR, OFYGA, GIA, BIOCON, TOTMA.
07/07/2025
International symposium based on the five fields of cryptogamy (bryology, pteridology, phycology, lichenology and mycology). The theme of this 24th edition is ‘Cryptogamic diversity: preserving the past, innovating the future’.
Date: From 7 to 10 July 2025.
Venue: Pontevedra (Galicia).
Participating researchers: Emilio Soler-Onís, Ico Martínez, Alejandro González González
Organizers: Sociedad Española de Ficología, Sociedad Española de Liquenología, Sociedad Ibérica de Micología, Grupo Micolóxico Galego, Universidade da Coruña, Universidade de Vigo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, BMKGene, Conello de Pontevedra, Allgenetics, Sociedad Española de Briología
Collaboration:
-Emilio Soler-Onís: Participation in the Scientific Committee. Oral communication entitled ‘Flora diatomológica de los tubos volcánicos de la isla de El Hierro, Islas Canarias’, and poster presentation ‘Ecological interactions and bloom triggers of benthic dinoflagellates Ostreopsis and Gambierdiscus in El Hierro, Canary Islands’.
-Alejandro González González González: Poster presentation, with the work entitled ‘Revision of the genus Audouinella Bory (Rhodophyta) in the Canary Islands’.
-Ico Martínez: Poster presentation, with the paper entitled "Producing or consuming? The potential annual respiratory variability of the epibiont community in the coastal waters of El Hierro (Canary Islands)".
Participating research group: EOMAR
06/06/2025
Under the slogan “The sustainability of the Canarian coastline”, this event is a regional event of reference for the nautical and marine-maritime sector of the Canary Islands, which will take place in the Muelle Sanapú, in the surroundings of the Poema del Mar aquarium and the Pasarela Onda Atlántica, promoted by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Port Authority of Las Palmas and organised by Infecar Feria de Gran Canaria and Ciudad de Mar. Among the fair's activities is the dissemination of scientific information about the marine-maritime environment.
Date: 6th, 7th & 8th June 2025.
Venue: Muelle Sanapú, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Organizers: INFECA y Ciudad de Mar, Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Partners: Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Ayuntamiento de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas.
Participating research group: EOMAR, OFYGA, GIA, BIOCON & TOTMA.
12/12/2024
This workshop will address the issue of marine litter in the Atlantic Ocean. It will discuss the physical and chemical processes, among others, that influence both the transport and accumulation of marine litter in order to try to find solutions.
Date: 12 December 2024.
Venue: Canary Islands Oceanographic Centre , Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Organizer: University of La Laguna, Spanish Institute of Oceanography and University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Research groups and rechearchers:
Anna Cunill i Saez (EOMAR): Talk ‘Impacts of Cigarette Butt Leachates on Palaemon elegans’,
Sofía Huelbes Muñoz (EOMAR): Poster ‘Analyzing the presence of microplastics in Cronius ruber and their possible relationship with wastewater discharges’.
Francisco José Machín Jiménez (OFYGA): Talk ‘Microplastics in the Ocean: Emerging Perspectives in their Observation and Analysis’ and organisation.
29/11/2024
This welcome event for new doctoral students, which brings together students from previous editions and professors, aims to give an insight into the research career through the researchers themselves. This year the theme of the scientific talks is the latest eruption of the volcano on La Palma.
Date and time: 29th November, 8:45h.
Venue: Sala de Grado, Faculty of Marine Sciences, ULPGC.
Researchers:
- Borja Aguiar: ‘Building a flexible career: The PhD is just the beginning, you define your career’, 9:00h.
- Ángel Rodríguez and Antonio Juan González: ‘In situ and remote monitoring of the Tajogaite volcanic eruption’, 12:30h.
Organizer: PhD in Oceanography and Global Change, ULPGC.
Partners: Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME-CSIC), Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (INVOLCAN), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), University of La Laguna (ULL).
Research group: EOMAR and OFYGA.
07/11/2024 09/11/2024
Lava Circular is an interdisciplinary cultural circuit held on the island of El Hierro, which proposes to discover the territory by visiting its three municipalities (Valverde, El Pinar and La Frontera) through changing itineraries in which the programme is developed. Musical projects, talks-workshops and artistic activities are some of its activities, which revolve around the traditional and contemporary culture of the Canary Islands archipelago, with the main themes varying with each edition.
Date: 7th to 9th November.
Venue: El Hierro, Canary Islands.
Organiser: Hisla, El Hierro Island Council, Valverde Town Council, El Pinar Town Council and La Frontera Town Council.
Research group: EOMAR
- Emilio Soler. Talk and photo exhibition: 'In-VISIBLES'.
10/07/2024 12/07/2024
This congress is an important meeting point for researchers and professionals in the field of marine sciences in Spain and Europe. With the aim of disseminating the latest scientific research, the results and conclusions of studies in this sector will be presented. The event, dedicated to the nautical and marine-maritime sector, aims to promote and boost the Blue Economy.
Date: 10, 11 and 12 July.
Venue: Port of Valencia.
Organisers: University of Alicante, University of Barcelona, University of Cadiz, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Catholic University of Valencia and University of Vigo.
Partners: Valencia City Council, Valencia Provincial Council, Valencia Port Authority, University of Barcelona, Catholic University of Valencia.
Research groups: EOMAR and OFYGA.
07/06/2024 09/06/2024
This event, dedicated to the nautical and marine-maritime sector, aims to promote and boost the Blue Economy. The fair's activities include the dissemination of scientific knowledge about the marine-maritime environment.
Date: 7th, 8th and 9th June.
Venue: Sanapú Quay, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Organisers: INFECAR and Ciudad de Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council.
Partners: Gran Canaria Island Council, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, Las Palmas Port Authority.
Research groups: EOMAR, TOTMA, OFYGA and BIOCON.
Dr. Alicia Herrera Ulibarri participates in the Scientific Papers Reading Club of the Faculty of Marine Sciences of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) with the topic 'Alegranza: an observatory of marine litter'.
Date and time: Tuesday, 14 May 2024, at 15:00 hours.
Organised by: Students of the Faculty of Marine Sciences of the ULPGC.
Place: Sala de Grado de la Facultad de Ciencias del Mar de la ULPGC (Tafira Campus)
Research group: EOMAR
17/03/2024 22/03/2024
Dates: March 17th 2024 - March 22nd 2024
Place of celebration: Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)
Organizers: University of Tasmania
Research group: BIOCON, EOMAR
Researchers: BIOCON: Inma Herrera / EOMAR: Rodrigo Almeda, Anna Cunnil, Antonio Paule Manzano
Sessions:
BIOCON: Session 18: Zooplankton production in the Anthropocene - Day: 18 de marzo de 2024.
13:45h: Inma Herrera participates with the paper: "Zooplankton community in the newly lava deltas in the Atlantic Ocean".
EOMAR: Session 2: Ecotoxicidad a través de los lixiviados dell plástico. Día: 21 de marzo de 2024 / Hora: 10:10 y 12:00 h / Intervienen:
10:00h: Rodrigo Almeda participates with the presentations "Crude oil induces metamorphosis in marine invertebrate planktonic larvae" and "Impact of plastic additive leachates on zooplankton" // Anna Cunil participates with the paper ""Toxicity assessment of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) on marine zooplankton".
11:00h: Antonio Paule Manzano participates with the paper "Searching for environmentally safer plastic additives using zooplankton as bioindicators"
29/09/2023
Time: Friday, September 29th:19:00 to 21:00
Place of celebration: Poema del Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Paraninfo of the ULPGC
Organizer: Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
Participating research groups: BIOCON and EOMAR
Researchers: Rodrigo Riera Elena (BIOCON), Rodrigo Almeda García (EOMAR), Néstor E. Bosch Guerra (BIOCON) and Inma Herrera Rivero (BIOCON)
Presentations: "No ocean, no magic" - Rodrigo Riera Elena and "Plankton and microplastics" - Rodrigo Almeda García (Poema del mar) and "Marine colonization of the Tajogaite volcano: a natural laboratory to improve the sustainable management of marine resources" - Néstor E. Bosch Guerra and "Who or what is Sheldon J. Plankton" - Inma Herrera Rivero (Paraninfo de la ULPGC).
10/07/2023 14/07/2023
Time: Monday, July 10th :9:00 to 18:30 - Friday, July 14th :9:00 to 18:30
Place of celebration: Campus universitario de San Miguel del Raspeig, Universidad de Alicante
Organizer: Sociedad Española de Ficologia (SEF)
Research group: EOMAR
This course will be taught by Professor Emilio Soler Onís, PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and acredited by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO)
If you are interested in registering, contact with Carolina Pena Martín through the following e-mail address: carolina.pena@ua.es
16/06/2023 17/06/2023
Time: Friday, June 16th: 10:30 to 11:00 - Saturday, June 17th: 11:15 to 11:45
Place of celebration: Muelle de Santa Catalina, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Organizer: Concejalía de Ciudad de Mar of Gran Canaria and Infecar, Fair of Gran Canaria.
Research group: BIOCON and EOMAR
Guest researchers: Inmaculada Herrera Rivero (BIOCON), José Juan Castro Hernández (BIOCON) and Emilio Soler Onís (EOMAR)
Presentations: "Quién o qué es Sheldon J. Plankton" and "El océano microscópico: explorando las microalgas de Canarias"
29/03/2023 31/03/2023
Time: Thursday march 30th: from 9:30 to 18:00 - Friday march 31st: from 10:00 to 13:30
Place of celebration: Departament of Life and Enviormental Sciences (DiSVA). Conference Room Azzurra Mario Giordano. City of Ancona. Italy.
Organiser: JPI OCEANS RESPONSE
Research Group: EOMAR
Rodrigo Almeda, "Ramón y Cajal" researcher, is part of the organizing committee of the annual meeting of the JPI Oceans RESPONSE project
10/02/2023
Time: 13:00-15:00 PM UTC
Researcher: Rodrigo Almeda
Place of celebration: On-line
Organiser: AIR Centre | Atlantic International Research Centre
Research Group: EOMAR
Researcher Rodrigo Almeda presents research on the co-detection of microplastics and the effects of plastic additives on marine plankton, including zooplankton, and the possible effects on higher levels of the food chain.
09/02/2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. in Madeira, Funchal.
Place of celebration: University of Madeira.
Organiser: IMPLAMAC
Research Group: Ecophysiology of Marine Organisms group (EOMAR)
The IMPLAMAC project partners invite you to the Preliminary Results Presentation Meeting of the project "Evaluation of the impact of microplastics and emerging contaminants on the coasts of Macaronesia".
02/02/2023 03/02/2023
Time: Thursday, February 2nd; 8:30 to 14:30 and 16:00 to 19:00 - Friday, February 3rd; 9:00 to 16:30
Place of celebration and organised by: Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR).
Organiser: INFECAR
Research Group: Biodiversity and Conservation group (BIOCON) and Ecophysiology of Marine Organisms group (EOMAR)
ECOAQUA researchers: director of ECOAQUA, Ricardo Haroun, and the director of the EOMAR group, May Gómez.
20/12/2022
Time: 13:30 hours
Place of celebration: The Science and Technology Park Foundation
Organiser: ECOAQUA
Research Group: GIA-BIOCON-EOMAR-TOTMA
If you are a member of University Institute ECOAQUA and would like to go to the Christmas Cocktail 2022, please confirm your attendance by sending an e-mail to ecoaquasec@ulpgc.es.
On 21/09/2022 the final proclamation of the elected candidate for Director of the University Institute ECOAQUA has been published.
You can download the proclamation of the elected candidate here.
On 15/09/2022 the provisional proclamation of the elected candidate for Director of the University Institute ECOAQUA has been published.
You can download the proclamation of the elected candidate here.
On 29/07/2022 the final proclamation of candidates for Director of ECOAQUA has been published.
You can download the proclamation of candidates here.
On 10/06/2022 the final proclamation of the non-permanent contract research staff of the IU-ECOAQUA has been published.
You can download the information here.
10/11/2021
Place of celebration: Online
Organizer: Instituto Universitario ECOAQUA y el Banco Español de Algas (ULPGC)
Research Group:
EOMAR - GIA - BIOCON
Website: forward-h2020.eu
09/11/2021
Place of celebration: Online
Organizer: Instituto Universitario ECOAQUA y el Banco Español de Algas, (ULPGC)
Research group:
EOMAR - GIA - BIOCON
Website: forward-h2020.eu
08/11/2021
Place of celebration: Online
Organizer: Instituto Universitario ECOAQUA y el Banco Español de Algas, (ULPGC)
Research group:
EOMAR - GIA - BIOCON
Website: forward-h2020.eu
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