To present the main objectives of the subject, the topics, the methodology as well as the evaluation system. The teachers participating in the subject will be presented.

Specific Objectives

Understanding the structure of the subject and the objectives pursued is a basic tool to achieve student involvement in it.

Dedication

The concept of the Blue economy and the areas it includes will be reviewed. The local and global strategies that are applying this concept and its relationship with the exploitation of marine resources will be reviewed.

Specific Objectives

Understand the concept of the blue economy (blue growth) and its implications for marine resources. Describe the meaning of the EEZ and related legislation.

Dedication

The most important marine resources will be reviewed, classified by living and non-living, and by renewable if not renewable

Specific Objectives

Define the concepts of living and non-living marine resources, renewable and non-renewable, their classification and the most general concepts.

Dedication

Participatory and debating work will be carried out in the classroom in order to identify current marine challenges. From here, work teams will be set up, each of which will be the spokesperson for a challenge for the rest of the course. Each team will present to the class the chosen challenge, the basic information necessary to understand the current situation of the challenge and its specific problems. It will be presented using the petxa-kutxa methodology (20 images during 20 seconds each, 6 minutes and 40 seconds in total)

Specific Objectives

Identify the main maritime challenges today. An interactive work will be carried out to identify, define and assign the challenges to work groups for the rest of the course. Following several activities, the teams will relate the current marine challenges with the marine resources they will learn about the implications and explore the potential opportunities that may arise. Each group will present the chosen marine challenge. Discussion of the challenge presented with the rest of the group will be promoted.

Dedication

To set the definition of the Exclusive Economic Zone, the 1982 Sea Convention, Geometry of the EEZ, and the rest of the Sea. The rights and responsibilities of coastal states are analyzed

Specific Objectives

Have an approach to the legal framework that regulates the sea and the exploitation of marine resources.

Dedication

The general concepts of the fisheries will be reviewed, as well as their main magnitudes at the local and global level, analyzing the current situation, its future prospects and the sustainability of the system. The status of the stock and the bioecological characteristics of commercially exploited aquatic species will be presented. The ecosystem approach to stock management and the application of the code of conduct in fisheries will be reviewed. Technological aspects related to fishing will be reviewed (fleet, fishing systems, equipment) Students will get to know the reality of the fisheries sector, through a visit (fishing port, etc.) and a conference related to the subject. The choice of the visit and the topic of the conference will be defined jointly with the students and according to the availability of the moment The main species of fishing interest will be recognized (it will be complemented by a visit to the Mercat Central del Peix de Barcelona in Mercabarna) and the origins and methods of capture and production will be identified.

Specific Objectives

To understand the current situation and future trends of the fisheries, locally and globally, as well as the main data, countries, and species. The sustainability of the fisheries will be analyzed To understand the state of the stocks of the main fishing species, their management, and their perspectives. Understand fisheries management criteria that are being applied internationally (ecosystem approach, code of conduct) To revise the technology that is currently being used in fisheries in all the elements involved (fleet, fishing system, equipment) Get to know the reality of the fisheries sector, through a visit (fishing port, etc.) and a conference related to the subject. To identify the main species of fishing interest, identifying their origin and the method of capture.

Dedication

The concept of aquaculture will be reviewed. Its current situation and future trends will be described, locally and globally, as well as the main data, countries, and species. The sustainability of aquaculture will be analyzed. The characteristics of the different types of facilities for fish, molluscs and algae will be reviewed, as well as their main utilities and conditioning factors. Review the principles of aquaculture production: reproduction, nutrition, health, management, environmental requirements, as well as its implications for animal welfare and sustainability. Growth estimation in fish stocks. Estimation of water requirements and cultivation volume. Simulation of the growth and evolution of a fish stock under cultivated conditions, using excel spreadsheets, estimating their needs for water flow (in land based facilities) and culture volume Know the reality of the aquaculture sector, through a visit (Ebro Delta, fish farm, etc.) or a conference related to the subject. The choice of the visit and the topic of the conference will be defined jointly with the students and according to the availability of the moment Routine controls carried out daily in a fish farm will be carried out.

Specific Objectives

Understand the concept of aquaculture. Know the current situation and future trends, locally and globally, as well as the main data, countries and species. Analyze the sustainability of aquaculture. To analyze the main types of facilities for the production of fish, molluscs and algae, considering their requirements and characteristics To understand the principles of aquaculture production: reproduction, nutrition, health, management, environmental requirements Calculate the water requirements and volume of cultivation in a fish farm, knowing its growth and the evolution of the stock Students will get to know the reality of the fisheries sector, through a visit (fishing port, etc.) and a conference related to the subject. Learn the routine activities that allow you to control the environmental conditions in a fish farm

Dedication

The concept of marine biotechnology, its current situation, trends and the main magnitudes, countries, species will be presented. The sustainability of marine biotechnology will be analyzed. The most developed cases of application of marine biotechnology will be analyzed: use of waste, production of micro and macroalgae, extraction of substances of industrial, pharmaceutical or food interest The reality of the biotechnology sector will be known through a visit and a conference related to the subject. It will be defined jointly with the students and according to the availability of the moment

Specific Objectives

Understand the basic principles of marine biotechnology, its current situation and future trends. To understand the main applications of marine biotechnology, as well as the main systems, species and processes from which substances of industrial, pharmaceutical or food interest can be obtained The reality of the biotechnology sector will be approached, through a visit and a conference related to the subject.

Dedication

Introduce Seabed Mining, Oil Basins, Hydrocarbons, Pleasure Deposits Manganese Nodules, Phosphorites, Polymetallic Sulfides. Brief introduction to Thermal, Wind and Tidal energy

Specific Objectives

Seabed mining will be introduced Brief introduction to Thermal, Wind and Tidal energy

Dedication

Dedication