New ISRA area!
News — September , 2025 New ISRA area! We recently joined the effort to map Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) in the European Atlantic. Together with more than 200 colleagues, we helped outline 124 ISRAs, along with five candidate areas and 30 sites of interest across the region. Our part in this work centred […]
New species joins the crew!
News — August, 2029 New species joins the crew! A new species has entered our tracking work in Galicia. Yesterday, we tagged our first blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the wild. This marks the eighth species recorded in these Atlantic waters—one more step in building a clearer picture of the predators that move through this […]
Our project in the News!
News — August 11, 2025 Our project in the news! Our work in the Ría de Vigo has been featured in La Voz de Galicia. The article focuses on the behaviour of sharks and rays in these waters, paired with an underwater montage by José Irisarri Castro that captures their movements in remarkable detail. We […]
Biologging-solution!
News — July 3, 2025 Biologging-solution omething new is taking shape with the BELAS team. This next step is made possible through our collaboration with Biologging Solutions Inc., whose technology allows us to follow the movements of sharks and rays with a level of detail that would otherwise be out of reach. We are thankful […]
End of fieldwork!
News — December 17, 2024 End of the field work! BELAS news‼️And that is a wrap, After tagging 164 individuals with various Thelma Biotel transmitters and deploying 32 open protocol acoustic receivers, we now have concluded the field for this year 🦈💪🌊
BELAS!!
News — December 15, 2024 BELAS!! It is always a pleasure to dive to check our #ThelmaBiotel acoustic telemetry receiver, and see one of our species of interest by its side (Raja clavata):
BELAS News!
News — November 25, 2024 BELAS News!! We are reaching the end of the tagging season with only 16 Thelma Biotel acoustic telemetry tags left. Our effort is now focused on the eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila) Check out the footage of some of the early tagged individuals, already in the water
Concello de Cangas
News — November 11, 2024 Concello de Cangas 3 days ago, we were in the Concello de Cangas presenting the «Belas» project 🦈🔊 Big thanks to everyone who joined us, especially the Cofradía de Cangas and the biologists! 🙏 If you missed the talk, check out more info about the project here: www.belasproject.com
Faro de Vigo
News — October 30, 2024 Faro de Vigo! “Un «Gran Hermano» en la ría de Vigo El Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas de Vigo lidera el proyecto científico «Belas», que estudia el comportamiento de diferentes especies de tiburones”… On the 30th of October, our project BELAS was highlighted in one of the most important Galician journal: […]
One location, two conferences!
News — October 25, 2024 One location, two conference!! Thanks to the amazing @AquaticTracking for the interesting panels and amazing stickers. I had a blast during the IMEDEA #MallorcaScienceSchool where I presented my research. Grateful to @CopernicusEU and @EuropeanUnion12 for funding!
