Azores Deep-sea Research

Telmo Morato

Principal Investigator

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Telmo-Morato

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Telmo is currently working with us with the position of Principal Investigator in the team.

Autobiography

I am a Portuguese principal marine scientist at the Okeanos Research Unit of the University of the Azores. After completing a PhD degree in Resource Management and Environmental Studies at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and accepting a short-term position as Fisheries Scientist at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (New Caledonia), I was awarded several research contracts with IMAR and the University of the Azores. Currently, I co-lead with Marina Carreiro-Silva the Azores Deep-sea Ecology research group aiming to advance the understanding of deep-sea ecosystems in a changing planet to inspire society and inform the sustainable management of the oceans.

Research interest

Over the last years, I led several research projects and explorations that helped unveil new deep-sea species, communities, biotopes, and even new hydrothermal vents, but also unveiled the impacts of deep-sea fisheries on such ecosystems. I also co-lead the development of affordable camera systems to democratize deep-sea exploration and make it accessible to all. All the knowledge gained over the last decade has been transferred for improved ecosystem-based management and conservation of deep-sea ecosystems at regional, national, and international levels. I'm the sub-coordinator of the Okeanos research centre and has produced many scientific publications, participated as an international rapporteur for the UN World Ocean Assessment, the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and the FAO Deep-ocean climate change report. I'm a national delegate in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, among others.

Publications

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation

Oct, 2025

4 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2025 Cruise Report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the MT Physeter

Sep, 2025

4 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2025 Cruise Report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the RV Arquipélago

Sep, 2025

4 team members involved

Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Deep-sea ecosystems of the North Atlantic Ocean: discovery, status, function and future challenges

Aug, 2025

1 team member involved

Nature Communications

Assessing the success of marine ecosystem restoration using meta-analysis

Mar, 2025

15 citations Rising

1 team member involved

Marine Biodiversity

From physics to fish: 50 Years of research at Great Meteor Seamount, NE Atlantic

Jan, 2025

1 citations

2 team members involved

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Seabed stability inferred from the 2019–2020 earthquake swarm under a volcanic cone field and slopes of Condor Seamount, Azores

Jan, 2025

1 team member involved

Communications Earth & Environment

Assessment tool addresses implementation challenges of ecosystem-based management principles in marine spatial planning processes

Jan, 2025

15 citations Rising

1 team member involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2024 cruise report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the RV Arquipélago

Oct, 2024

6 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2024 cruise report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the MT Physeter

Oct, 2024

6 team members involved

npj Ocean Sustainability

Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet

Sep, 2024

32 citations Hot

1 team member involved

Progress In Oceanography

Drivers of trophodynamics of the open-ocean and deep-sea environments of the Azores, NE Atlantic

Sep, 2024

3 team members involved

Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Advancing the frontier of fish geolocation into the ocean’s midwaters

Aug, 2024

9 citations

2 team members involved

Ecological Indicators

A simulation-based approach to assess the stability of marine food-webs and inform Good Environmental Status

Dec, 2023

2 citations

2 team members involved

Fisheries Research

First assessment of circle hooks as bycatch mitigation measure for deep-water sharks on longline fisheries

Oct, 2023

3 citations

2 team members involved

PeerJ

Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery

Oct, 2023

16 citations Rising

1 team member involved

Zenodo

OceanX 2023 cruise report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the RV OceanXplorer

Oct, 2023

2 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2023 cruise report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the RV Arquipélago

Oct, 2023

4 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2023 cruise report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores on board the MT Physeter

Oct, 2023

5 team members involved

The Science of The Total Environment

Predicting the distribution and abundance of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the deep sea of the Azores (North Atlantic)

Aug, 2023

18 citations Rising

4 team members involved

Ocean & Coastal Management

Systematic evaluation of a spatially explicit ecosystem model to inform area-based management in the deep-sea

Aug, 2023

6 citations

2 team members involved

Progress In Oceanography

Tidal to decadal scale hydrodynamics at two contrasting cold-water coral sites in the Northeast Atlantic

Apr, 2023

8 citations

1 team member involved

Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Spatial distributions, environmental drivers and co-existence patterns of key cold-water corals in the deep sea of the Azores (NE Atlantic)

Mar, 2023

19 citations Rising

3 team members involved

Communications Earth & Environment

A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status

Jan, 2023

16 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

iMAR 2022: Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region - Cruise Report.

Dec, 2022

3 team members involved

Zenodo

iMAR 2022: Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region - Cruise Report.

Dec, 2022

3 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2021 Cruise Report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores, summer 2021

Dec, 2022

4 team members involved

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Co-designing a multidisciplinary deep-ocean observing programme at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region: a blueprint for synergy in deep ocean research and conservation

Nov, 2022

3 citations

1 team member involved

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Challenges in avoiding deep-water shark bycatch in Azorean hook-and-line fisheries

Oct, 2022

12 citations Rising

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Mechanical and toxicological effects of deep-sea mining sediment plumes on a habitat-forming cold-water octocoral

Oct, 2022

27 citations

2 team members involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2022 Cruise Report: Exploration and mapping of deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores, summer 2022

Sep, 2022

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Modelling the Dispersion of Seafloor Massive Sulphide Mining Plumes in the Mid Atlantic Ridge Around the Azores

Jul, 2022

21 citations

1 team member involved

Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Variability of deep-sea megabenthic assemblages along the western pathway of the Mediterranean outflow water

May, 2022

16 citations Rising

1 team member involved

Marine Policy

Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

Mar, 2022

174 citations

1 team member involved

Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the Azores, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, to inform spatial planning

Feb, 2022

20 citations Rising

2 team members involved

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Benthic O2 uptake by coral gardens at the Condor seamount (Azores)

Feb, 2022

6 citations

1 team member involved

Zoo Biology

(Very) long‐term transport of Silurus glanis, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Scomber colias, Trachurus picturatus, Polyprion americanus, Rhinoptera marmoratus, Salmo salar, Scomber scombrus, Sardina pilchardus, and others, by land, water and air

Feb, 2022

1 citations

1 team member involved

SEANOE

Multibeam Raw Data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

4 team members involved

SEANOE

Nutrient data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

4 team members involved

SEANOE

ADCP data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

3 team members involved

SEANOE

List of stations with data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

2 team members involved

SEANOE

SVP data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

4 team members involved

SEANOE

CTD data collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

3 team members involved

PANGAEA

Outputs of predictive distribution models of deep-sea elasmobranchs in the Azores EEZ (down to 2,000m depth) using Generalized Additive Models

Jan, 2022

2 team members involved

SEANOE

List of deep-sea benthic video stations collected during the iMAR 2021/Eurofleets+ research cruise in Mid Atlantic Ridge (Azores EEZ)

Jan, 2022

3 team members involved

Ecology and Evolution

Dense cold‐water coral garden of Paragorgia johnsoni suggests the importance of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge for deep‐sea biodiversity

Nov, 2021

19 citations Rising

4 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration

Oct, 2021

59 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

DeepWalls: Report on summer 2020 survey with submersible LULA1000

Sep, 2021

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Active Ecological Restoration of Cold-Water Corals: Techniques, Challenges, Costs and Future Directions

Sep, 2021

24 citations Rising

1 team member involved

Zenodo

iMAR: Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region

Aug, 2021

1 citations

2 team members involved

Zenodo

Cruise report for 64PE488 onboard of R/V Pelagia Terceira Island 2021 - Towed camera video footage

Jun, 2021

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Systematic Conservation Planning at an Ocean Basin Scale: Identifying a Viable Network of Deep-Sea Protected Areas in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Jun, 2021

30 citations Rising

3 team members involved

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A cost‐effective video system for a rapid appraisal of deep‐sea benthic habitats: The Azor drift‐cam

Apr, 2021

37 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

Blue Azores Program Expedition 2018, Station 57, Dive 15: annotation of Paragorgia johnsoni Gray, 1862

Apr, 2021

1 citations

4 team members involved

Zenodo

Blue Azores Program Expedition 2018, Station 57, Dive 15: annotation of Paragorgia johnsoni Gray, 1862

Apr, 2021

1 citations

4 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

North Atlantic Basin-Scale Multi-Criteria Assessment Database to Inform Effective Management and Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Mar, 2021

12 citations

4 team members involved

Zenodo

Cruise report - 64PE479 onboard of R/V Pelagia Terceira Island 2020 - Hopper tow-cam video footage

Feb, 2021

1 team member involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2020 Cruise Report: Exploration of Azores deep-sea habitats, summer 2020

Dec, 2020

4 team members involved

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Environmental Protection Requires Accurate Application of Scientific Evidence

Nov, 2020

5 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

North Atlantic basin-scale multi-criteria assessment database to inform management recommendations to protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Nov, 2020

4 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Editorial: The Azores Marine Ecosystem: An Open Window Into North Atlantic Open Ocean and Deep-Sea Environments

Oct, 2020

6 citations

1 team member involved

Ecological Indicators

Assessing the environmental status of selected North Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems

Sep, 2020

36 citations

1 team member involved

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Deep-Sea Misconceptions Cause Underestimation of Seabed-Mining Impacts

Jul, 2020

115 citations

1 team member involved

Global Change Biology

Climate change considerations are fundamental to management of deep‐sea resource extraction

Jun, 2020

122 citations

1 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Habitat Features and Their Influence on the Restoration Potential of Marine Habitats in Europe

Apr, 2020

43 citations

1 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Influence of Water Masses on the Biodiversity and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems in the North Atlantic

Apr, 2020

80 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

MapGES 2019: Summer 2019 cruise on board of N/I Arquipélago

Mar, 2020

1 citations

4 team members involved

Global Change Biology

Climate‐induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold‐water corals and commercially important deep‐sea fishes in the North Atlantic

Feb, 2020

207 citations

2 team members involved

PANGAEA

Set of terrain (static in time) and environmental (dynamic in time) variables used as candidate predictors of present-day (1951-2000) and future (2081-2100) suitable habitat of cold-water corals and deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic

Jan, 2020

6 citations

1 team member involved

PANGAEA

Compilation of records of vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator taxa in the North Atlantic

Jan, 2020

3 team members involved

PANGAEA

ATLAS work on Good Environmental Status across 9 study areas in the northeast Atlantic

Jan, 2020

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

The Azores: A Mid-Atlantic Hotspot for Marine Megafauna Research and Conservation

Jan, 2020

34 citations

1 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Ocean Circulation Over North Atlantic Underwater Features in the Path of the Mediterranean Outflow Water: The Ormonde and Formigas Seamounts, and the Gazul Mud Volcano

Dec, 2019

12 citations

1 team member involved

PLoS ONE

A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses

Dec, 2019

63 citations

2 team members involved

Zenodo

RV Pelagia cruise 64PE454: Rainbow hydrothermal vent and southern MAR 2019 - Hopper tow-cam video footage -

Oct, 2019

2 citations

1 team member involved

Journal of Environmental Management

Small-scale fishers’ perception of the implementation of the EU Landing Obligation regulation in the outermost region of the Azores

Aug, 2019

17 citations

2 team members involved

Marine Policy

The deep sea: The new frontier for ecological restoration

Aug, 2019

81 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

Cruise report - Dives with LULA1000 in Baixo de São Mateus, Azores

Aug, 2019

2 team members involved

Zenodo

Cruise report - 64PE456 onboard of R/V Pelagia Terceira Island 2019 - Hopper tow-cam video footage

Jul, 2019

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Global Observational Needs and Resources for Marine Biodiversity

Jul, 2019

143 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

Greenpeace Pole-to-Pole expedition – Azores 2019

Jun, 2019

1 citations

2 team members involved

Marine Policy

Habitat mapping in the European Seas - is it fit for purpose in the marine restoration agenda?

May, 2019

38 citations

1 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean

May, 2019

293 citations

1 team member involved

Marine Policy

Existing environmental management approaches relevant to deep-sea mining

Feb, 2019

80 citations

1 team member involved

PANGAEA

Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold-water corals and commercially important deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic

Jan, 2019

2 citations

3 team members involved

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence

SIMSEA: A Multiagent Architecture for Fishing Activity in a Simulated Environment

Jan, 2019

1 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

Cruise Report - BLUE AZORES PROGRAM EXPEDITION 2018 ON BOARD THE NRP GAGO COUTINHO

Jan, 2019

4 team members involved

Zenodo

Cruise Report - MapGES / ATLAS Project: August 2018 Cruise on board of R/V Arquipélago

Jan, 2019

4 team members involved

Zenodo

Cruise Report - NICO Cruise Leg 12, Hopper dives on board of R/V Pelagia

Jan, 2019

1 team member involved

Zenodo

"LUSO" Hydrothermal vent field Expedition; 4th August 2018 (RV L'Atalante - IFREMER)

Jan, 2019

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

A Multi Criteria Assessment Method for Identifying Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the North-East Atlantic

Dec, 2018

60 citations Rising

1 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Potential Mitigation and Restoration Actions in Ecosystems Impacted by Seabed Mining

Dec, 2018

64 citations

1 team member involved

Fisheries Research

An overview of fisheries discards in the Azores

Oct, 2018

47 citations

2 team members involved

Marine Policy

Human activities and resultant pressures on key European marine habitats: An analysis of mapped resources

Sep, 2018

58 citations

1 team member involved

Aquaculture

The effect of rapid decompression on barotrauma and survival rate in swallowtail seaperch (Anthias anthias): Defining protocols for mitigating surfacing mortality

Aug, 2018

1 citations

1 team member involved

Science Advances

A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining

Jul, 2018

128 citations

1 team member involved

Journal of Sea Research

Effects of marine protected areas on coastal fishes across the Azores archipelago, mid-North Atlantic

Apr, 2018

20 citations

1 team member involved

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Capture, husbandry and long-term transport of pilotfish, Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758), by sea, land and air

Apr, 2018

2 citations

1 team member involved

Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Cold-water corals and large hydrozoans provide essential fish habitat for Lappanella fasciata and Benthocometes robustus

Sep, 2017

34 citations

2 team members involved

Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

A global biogeographic classification of the mesopelagic zone

May, 2017

297 citations

1 team member involved

Marine Environmental Research

Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities

Apr, 2017

313 citations

1 team member involved

Marine Biology

Development of a sensitive detection method to survey pelagic biodiversity using eDNA and quantitative PCR: a case study of devil ray at seamounts

Apr, 2017

60 citations

1 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Overview of the Ocean Climatology and Its Variability in the Azores Region of the North Atlantic Including Environmental Characteristics at the Seabed

Mar, 2017

45 citations

1 team member involved

Royal Society Open Science

Historical gene flow constraints in a northeastern Atlantic fish: phylogeography of the ballan wrasseLabrus bergyltaacross its distribution range

Feb, 2017

35 citations

1 team member involved

PANGAEA

Ocean climatology in the Azores region (North Atlantic) and seabed characteristics, links to GIS layers in ArcGIS format

Jan, 2017

1 team member involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Food-Web and Ecosystem Structure of the Open-Ocean and Deep-Sea Environments of the Azores, NE Atlantic

Dec, 2016

27 citations

2 team members involved

Frontiers in Marine Science

Seafloor Characteristics in the Azores Region (North Atlantic)

Oct, 2016

19 citations

1 team member involved

Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Predictive modeling of deep-sea fish distribution in the Azores

Feb, 2016

47 citations

1 team member involved

PANGAEA

GIS layers of seafloor characteristics in the Azores region (North Atlantic), links to files in ArcGIS format

Jan, 2016

1 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

Cruise report BIOMETORE 2015 to the Great Meteor Complex seamounts (Atlantis and Irving) onboard the NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho

Oct, 2015

1 citations

1 team member involved

Fish and Fisheries

A perspective on the importance of oceanic fronts in promoting aggregation of visitors to seamounts

Sep, 2015

38 citations

1 team member involved

Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

The importance of deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystems for demersal fish in the Azores

Nov, 2014

50 citations Rising

2 team members involved

Scientific Reports

Deep-water longline fishing has reduced impact on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Apr, 2014

109 citations Hot

2 team members involved

PLoS ONE

Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins

Apr, 2014

675 citations

1 team member involved

Nature

Ecology: Protect the deep sea

Jan, 2014

100 citations

1 team member involved

Biological Conservation

A global assessment of seamount ecosystems knowledge using an ecosystem evaluation framework

Dec, 2013

77 citations Rising

2 team members involved

Marine Policy

Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

Aug, 2013

159 citations

1 team member involved

Journal of Fish Biology

New and rare coastal fishes in the Azores islands: occasional events or tropicalization process?

Jul, 2013

54 citations Rising

2 team members involved

Biogeosciences

Seamount physiography and biology in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

May, 2013

47 citations

2 team members involved

Fisheries Research

Biomass removal from shore-based whaling in the Azores

Mar, 2013

6 citations

1 team member involved

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Total marine fishery catch for the Azores (1950–2010)

Feb, 2013

66 citations

1 team member involved

Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Abundance of litter on Condor seamount (Azores, Portugal, Northeast Atlantic)

Jan, 2013

84 citations

1 team member involved

Fisheries Research

Fishing down the deep: Accounting for within-species changes in depth of fishing

Jan, 2013

121 citations

1 team member involved

Ocean & Coastal Management

Sustainability of deep-sea fish species under the European Union Common Fisheries Policy

Aug, 2012

31 citations

1 team member involved

PLoS ONE

An Ecosystem Evaluation Framework for Global Seamount Conservation and Management

Aug, 2012

43 citations

2 team members involved

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Cold-water corals landed by bottom longline fisheries in the Azores (north-eastern Atlantic)

Mar, 2012

84 citations Rising

2 team members involved

Marine Policy

Sustainability of deep-sea fisheries

Aug, 2011

353 citations

1 team member involved

Zenodo

Relatório de Cruzeiro CORALFISH Condor, Voador e Banco Açores 2010 a bordo do NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho

Jan, 2011

2 team members involved

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Experimental fisheries for black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) in the Azores, Northeast Atlantic

Jul, 2010

25 citations

1 team member involved

Projects

DEEP

ON-GOING PROJECT

DEEP: Deep-sea Ecosystem Evaluation for Policy solutions

Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

2025.00366.AZO

Marine Beacon

ON-GOING PROJECT

Monitoring and elimination of bycatch of endangered and conserved species in th...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe

101135237

REDRESS

ON-GOING PROJECT

Restoration of deep-sea habitats to rebuild European Seas

Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe

101135492

MapGES2

ON-GOING PROJECT

Characterization of deep-sea habitats, for its mapping up to the outer limit of...

Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, EU, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001, PO Açores 2020, REACT-EU, ERDF

18/DRPM/2022, ACORES-14-62G4-FEDER-000001

MarinePlan

PROJECT

Improved transdisciplinary science for effective ecosystem-based maritime spatia...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon Europe

101059407 (MarinePlan)

ROLEX - Azor drift-cam project

PROJECT

ROLEX - Azor drift-cam project

Funded by ROLEX

ROLEX

iAtlantic

PROJECT

Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

818123 (iAtlantic)

DeepWalls

PROJECT

Exploring pristine deep-sea walls to establish baselines for Good Environmental...

Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, PO Açores 2020, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF / FEDER)

ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000124

iMAR

PROJECT

Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem along t...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

824077 (EUROFLEETS+)

Blue Azores

PROJECT

Blue Paper Cooperation protocol

Funded by Fundação Oceano Azul

MISTIC SEAS III

PROJECT

Developing a coordinated approach for assessing Descriptor 4 via its linkages wi...

Funded by Regional Government of the Azores; European Maritime Fisheries Fund

110661/2018/794676/SUB/ENV.C2 (MISTICSEAS III)

ATLAS

PROJECT

A transatlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management pla...

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

678760 (ATLAS)

MapGES

PROJECT

Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores: ass...

Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, PO Açores 2020, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF / FEDER)

ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-00056

MarSP

PROJECT

Macaronesian Maritime Spatial Planning

Funded by Regional Government of the Azores, DRAM, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)

5956275 (DRAM Azores Gov.)

DeepData

PROJECT

Data Science in the Azores Deep Sea

Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.

DISCARDLESS

PROJECT

Startegies for the gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries

Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020

633680

MIDAS

PROJECT

Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation

Funded by European Union’s FP7

603418

Cruises

iMAR 2021

Integrated assessment of the distribution of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem along t...

Total of 2 crew members and 12 collaborators

MapGES 2018

Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and “Good Environmental Status” in the Azores

Total of 2 crew members and 2 collaborators