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02-10-2017
Sailbuoy mission in waters of Macaronesi…
A marine observation device known as Sailbuoy is scheduled to tackle a scientific mission to monitor a set of meteorological and bio-chemical variables over the almost nine hundred nautical miles...
05-07-2017
Conference on INTERREG-MAC Projects in C…
The offices of the Cape Verde Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the city of Praia hosted the presentation of the projects approved in the first INTERREG-MAC 2014-2020 call for projects...
20-12-2016
Scientific Oceanographic Campaign on a S…
--- A multi-disciplinary group of European and American scientists has set out on an oceanographic campaign aboard the German research vessel RV/Maria S. Merian to study the physical and bio-geo-chemical characterisation...
13-05-2016
Underwater glider from PLOCAN completes …
Underwater glider P201 from the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has been recovered from the waters to the north of Gran Canaria by the offshore patrol...
13-04-2016
PLOCAN underwater-glider starts in Madei…
An underwater glider has been put into operation in Madeira archipelago waters by a group of technical specialists from PLOCAN, in collaboration with scientists and technicians from Madeira...
12-02-2016
Maintenance of the Macaronesian Marine-M…
Experts from PLOCAN have been working on the island of Sao Miguel in cooperation with staff from both the Port Authority of Azores and the Hydrographic Institute (IH) of Portugal...