© Yves Rocher Foundation AIMM is extremely happy to share that our founder and president Joana Castro is the Portuguese winner of the Terre de Femmes Award 2022! Joana applied for this award with her […]
You can now read our article about the first time we encountered a Bryde’s whale in the south of Portugal, in 2020. This is the first record of this species for mainland Portugal. Castro J, […]
November started very well with another sighting of a fin whale (𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴) lunge feeding. Common dolphins (𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴) also joined the feeding frenzy. The AIMM team was very happy when we realised that it […]
AIMM was invited to be the local partner in this SnotBot Expedition from Ocean Alliance, an NGO with the mission of protecting whales and their ocean environment. Part of AIMM team went to Faial island in the Azores […]
Did you know that millions of sharks are killed worldwide especially for their fins? Europe alone exports 3.500 tons of shark fins to Asia for the prestigious shark fin-soup. Support the EU Citizens’ Initiative #StopFinningEU […]
AIMM – Marine Environment Research Association in partnership with Ocean Hub Portugal promoted the Symposium “Discussing Ocean conservation in Portuguese” as a way to commemorate the 5th of May World Portuguese Language Day and the […]
Ever wonder how the life of a researcher is? Monday’s Ocean Talks will bring you in first hand the testimonials of different Ocean Researchers. Find out more about their journeys and life experiences in these […]
Scientific article about the behavioural responses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) on cetaceans mainly in the common and bottlenose dolphins. Castro, Joana; Borges, Francisco O.; Cid, André; Laborde, Marina I.; Rosa, Rui; Pearson, Heidi C. […]
Castro, Joana; Couto, Ana; Borges, Francisco O.; Cid, André; Laborde, Marina I.; Pearson, Heidi C.; Rosa, Rui. 2020. “Oceanographic Determinants of the Abundance of Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the South of Portugal” Oceans 2020, […]