Within the framework of ESTRAMAR project (Macaronesian Marine and Maritima Strategy) included at the Transnational Cooperation Program Açores - Madeira - Canarias, PCT-MAC/3/C177O, and aiming to promote Marine and Maritime R & D in the European and African Macaronesian regions, on the 14thand 15th of May several technical and outreach activities have taken place at the head quarters o fInstituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Fisheries (INDP) in Mindelo,Cape Verde.
Technical staff by the Canary Islands Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) moved to Mindelo and performed works in cooperation with personnel from INDP related to the update of meteo-oceanographic devices that currently integrates the R3M (RedMarine-Maritime Macaronésica) in the archipelago of CapeVerde. Specifically, the HC-1015 moored buoy and 502 weather station.
The HC-1015 buoy, moored last May 2013, required from some months ago changes and adjustments on its power supply and telemetry modules. Once updated, it was again moored over 10 meters depth off Laguinha beach, nearby Mindelo’s harbor.
Mean while, the 502 weather station was installed at the INDP outbuildings as improvement of the R3M in Cape Verde.The station is a Vaisala-WXT-520 model configured to report data every 10 minutes of wind direction and speed, solar radiation, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity and rain.
The real-time data reported by these monitoring devices, along with the rest of those in the R3M, can be followed at http://siboy.plocan.eu/map
Trip to Cape Verde included also the assembly of the exposition"La Química de la Vida" at the INDP facilities, which was presented by scientific staff of this institution and attended by a representation of students from different schools in the city of Mindelo. The exhibition will be displayed for a few weeks, so it can be visited by all other colleges and institutions of the island.
The ESTRAMAR project aims to promote Marine and Maritime R & D in the European and African Macaronesian regions, whose approaches and results should contribute to improve the of scientific-technical and enterprise system coordination, in fields such as security and transport sustainability, tourism and maritime ports, coastal areas protection increase, marine resources and biodiversity, and the management of natural hazards. Therefore, it is expected to promote socio-economic development of these regions, based on international agreements and protocols. Previous experiences and established agreements between partners and other sector members will provide guarantees to keep the strengthening for a solid cooperation and economic sustainability base in a key sector for the region as the Marine-Maritime.
