MARE-Madeira

MARE-Madeira

Aquaculture in the Atlantic

An interview with Dr. Carlos Andrade Madeira pioneered open ocean aquaculture in the 1990s. Learning from early aquaculture projects around Europe and adapting those processes and equipment for the harsher conditions of the Atlantic Ocean, Carlos Andrade and his team…

The Value of Basic Research

At the World Ocean Summit in Lisbon this year, numerous leaders and presenters discussing the myriad threats facing our ocean and planet demanded of their audiences that what we need are more solutions, not more knowledge. Climate change is too…

Meet the Team: Sahar Chebaane

Sahar Chebaane is a specialist on non-indigenous species (NIS) in the South Mediterranean. She’s actively studied the field for the last seven years and is a founding member of the Alliance PAME sud-med – the first alliance between managers of…

Choose Rugby, Not Plastic

On a survey trip around Madeira, our MARE-Madeira researchers found a pod of dolphins playing with plastic. Catching it with their tails (as shown in the video), the dolphins were passing this plastic between each other like a toy. And…

The Story of MARE-Madeira

“We Didn’t Even Have Tweezers” What started as one researcher and a technician with a budget of €0 is now Madeira’s largest non-profit marine research institute, home to a 36-strong research team and a further 22 collaborators. At ten years…

Meet the Team: Patrício Ramalhosa

Team Member #2, Patrício Ramalhosa joined João Canning-Clode as a research technician at the very beginnings of MARE-Madeira — back when it was the Canning-Clode Marine Lab. In this, our second ‘Meet the Team’ interview, Patrício shares some of his…

Meet the Team: Sílvia Almeida

“I did my Bachelor’s, went to work for a company and after a while I thought, ‘Okay, it’s time to evolve more.’ So I came back to research and did my Master’s. After that I went back to industry until,…